Collège, flirt et rock'n'roll

In this movie of growing up and graduating from a Texas hill-country high school, we see a Jewish boy and a Catholic girl (who happen to become neighbors) meet, fall in love, and eventually go their separate ways.

I'm a sucker for coming of age movies, particularly those in which the writer is looking back at the time in his life when he first discovers true love. That moment when having sex and having a real relationship become separate things.

This movie tells that story well. Both leads are convincing and are likeable and understandable. The supporting cast and the subplots also add to the overall effect and set this story firmly in its time and place and ground the characters in the correct mindset. There are sure to be better movies just as there are sure to be more universal and epic themes, but this film does its job well and tells a good story in a commendable way.

For those that are romantics at heart, this movie is a must see.

if you are like me then you will love this great coming of age teen movie.i think it is up there with mischief/book of love/high school USA/shout/calender girl/crybaby/ all great movies set in the lat 50s & early 60s and it has a wonderful soundtrack.not as many songs as in some of these type of movies but still great.it is all so very funny at times and has a great love interest.all the young cast are great.i wish there were more type of these wonderful movies.my favourite movie of all time is back to the future when Marty mcfly gos back to 1955 well in these wonderful movies it stays in the fab 50s(early 60s) there are some movies of this type better than this but not many.

I first saw this movie several years ago, when I was still quite young, yet I was deeply interested in the plot line as well as the characters. The age-less tale of romance being torn apart before it has even had a chance is classic, and the makers of this film do a superb job in creating an appealing atmosphere to the viewer. About 6 years after I had first seen this film, I was flipping through the channels on TV and my attention was drawn to the actor who plays Michael - Corin Nemec (a hottie by my standards). The casting and acting in this movie was great. If it had been out in the theaters, I am sure I would have paid my $7 to go see it. My only complaint is (an if you are going to watch the movie for the first time you might not want to read on) that if these two young people were experiencing true love, why would they only have written to one another for one year and stopped?

I was 15 years old when this movie premiered on the television. Being raised in Texas, I understood the boredom & monotony of teenage life there. This movie touched my impressionable teenage heart & I remembered it fondly through the past 12 years. I recently got to see it for the 2nd, 3rd & 4th times thanks the the LOVE channel. I still cry because the movie reaches in & touches my inner confused teenager.

I believe that praise is deserved for this movie which I feel was well written and beautifully acted in. This has become one of my favorites. And although i read somewhere that there should have been accents in the movie because it took place in Texas, I disagree. Not everyone in Texas has an accent. I really think this was a great movie and it seemed very believable of the era it was portraying.