{"id":29300,"date":"2013-01-09T15:13:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T22:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29300"},"modified":"2021-01-06T11:49:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T18:49:15","slug":"old-enough-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29300","title":{"rendered":"Old Enough (1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;If God made me perfect, I might as well show it &#8212; you know what I mean?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Poster-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Poster-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Poster-81x128.jpg 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA wealthy pre-teen (Sarah Boyd) and a sexy working class teen (Rainbow Harvest) form a tentative cross-class friendship in New York City.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Class Relations<\/li>\n<li>Coming of Age<\/li>\n<li>Friendship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWritten and directed by Marisa Silver (daughter of writer\/director Joan Micklin Silver), this modest coming-of-age tale reveals a keen sense of authenticity for the intensity of adolescent female friendships, and benefits from a refreshingly natural performance by Boyd, who never hits a false note in her portrayal of a sheltered pre-teen longing to learn more about life outside of her privileged social circle. Harvest &#8212; who looks distractingly like Winona Ryder: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Harvest.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Harvest-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Harvest-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Harvest-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Harvest-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Harvest-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Harvest-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Harvest-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Harvest.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; is nicely cast as the lower-class girl Boyd is smitten with, though her performance eventually becomes a tad too predictably sullen; much less successful is Neill Barry in a key supporting role as Harvest&#8217;s rugged older brother, whose actions and attitudes throughout feel scripted rather than authentic. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Barry.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Barry-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Barry-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Barry-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Barry-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Barry-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Barry-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Barry-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Barry.png 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Silver&#8217;s rambling script is better at establishing a mood than providing an interesting storyline for the characters. We&#8217;re eventually drawn into a subplot involving Harvest&#8217;s father (Danny Aiello) and the sexy new tenant (Roxanne Hart) he may or may not be having an affair with, but this simply feels like a distraction from the central tale of Boyd and Harvest&#8217;s evolving friendship, which never quite resolves in a satisfying fashion. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Natural performances by Boyd and Harvest<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Boyd-Harvest.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Boyd-Harvest.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Boyd-Harvest.png 608w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Boyd-Harvest-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Old-Enough-Boyd-Harvest-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you don&#8217;t need to bother seeking this one out &#8212; though it&#8217;s worth a look if you enjoy coming-of-age flicks and\/or have nostalgic memories of the era it represents (the early &#8217;80s).  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0087837\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1984\/08\/24\/movies\/screen-old-enough-about-2-young-friends.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/old-enough\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If God made me perfect, I might as well show it &#8212; you know what I mean?&#8221; Synopsis: A wealthy pre-teen (Sarah Boyd) and a sexy working class teen (Rainbow Harvest) form a tentative cross-class friendship in New York City. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Class Relations Coming of Age Friendship Review: Written and directed by Marisa Silver (daughter of writer\/director Joan Micklin Silver), this modest coming-of-age tale reveals a keen sense of authenticity for the intensity of adolescent female&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29300\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29300"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61957,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29300\/revisions\/61957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}