I was lucky enough to see this film at a private screening in London and i'm happy to say it really does live up to the hype. You can see why Paramount bought this film for $8 million (a record for any film being bought at Sundance) as they will surely make ten times that.
This film has something for everyone; laughter, emotion and enough nostalgic material from the 80's to keep any generation from that decade and previous ones happy.
I was also extremely impressed with the two young unknown (at the point of this review) leads. It's worth seeing this film just for their performances.
The film the two boys make within the film is quite charming too and is itself better than most of the crap being made today, even if it is essentially a home movie being filmed in some woods with a camcorder.
Quite simply a modern day classic and will no doubt hold a space in all film buffs DVD collection.
Well Done!
This film has something for everyone; laughter, emotion and enough nostalgic material from the 80's to keep any generation from that decade and previous ones happy.
I was also extremely impressed with the two young unknown (at the point of this review) leads. It's worth seeing this film just for their performances.
The film the two boys make within the film is quite charming too and is itself better than most of the crap being made today, even if it is essentially a home movie being filmed in some woods with a camcorder.
Quite simply a modern day classic and will no doubt hold a space in all film buffs DVD collection.
Well Done!