One of Rob Reiner's best movies along with The Princess Bride, a simple but affecting tale. All credit goes to the cast of the film; Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland and the outstanding River Phoenix. The screenplay makes it all seem fresh, witty and charismatic. We all care for each character and brings so much heart when one suffers but the other helps him back up his feet.
One of my top twenty favorite films, but can't always bring myself to watch it due to its depressing, pessimistic nature.
Molto nostalgico. Mi ha ricordato le mie avventure estive in campagna, quando scorrazzavo in bicicletta e la sera tornavo a casa con le ginocchia sbucciate. Cercherò la colonna sonora...
A childhood favorite that I can't bring myself to revisit. I loved it as a kid- but would I love it, or even like it, now? One part of me wants to see it like crazy. It's been so long that I only remember it in glimpses: the leech scene, the kids walking along the railroad tracks, the pie eating contest. BUT a bigger part of me wants to keep the film in my head, in my heart, where it's perfect.
Can't speak for your inner-self, but this film is definitely worth a revisit. You'll keep your memories, but you'll also brush up on one of cinema's greatest films about the teenage years. I recently watched "Rat Race," which was hard since I loved the film as a child, but wound up still loving it upon rewatching it. The one film I can't bring myself to revisit is "Fools Rush Inn."
I've always said Stephen King is at his best when he writes drama. This one goes up with Shawshank and Green Mile. The main actors may be one of the best child actors I've ever seen, the script and direction is well put together. Clearly one of the best coming of age films ever made.
Credo sia un film di fantascienza, 4 ragazzi di 12 anni in due giorni fanno 60 km, mangiando solo un hamburger, per vedere un cadavere. Aldilà delle considerazioni prettamente logistiche, il film mi è piaciuto. Storiella tipo Goonies, con un attore in comune, per conoscere meglio sti 4 ragazzini. E poi, è lungo solo 1h 20'.
One of the few films I can watch over and over and my feelings for it will never change, no matter what. The characters are like family and their experiences following that train track has become like a distant memory of mine.
Everyone must have had at least one friend in their life and that’s enough to feel this movie.
love this film!!! its epic, and always make me look back to when i was younger. Not many films nowadays have such heart and substence, unless there true stories. Great story, setting, actors, characters, and music.
'Stand by Me' is a coming of age story that does will in channeling that warm nostalgic feeling of misspent youth. It is otherwise largely void of much intrigue or entertainment, as the writing seems to stuck in the mentality of it's subjects and is riddled with cliches and false sentiment.
River Phoenix' performance alone made this film deserved to be seen. I just wished he would lived longer, he mightl be one of the greatest screen actor out there.
