Andrew Mccarthy plays Michael, a young boy whose parents are dead; he lives with his younger sister and his elderly grandparents. His Grandma is determined for Michael to be a priest and Michael starts his year at a new catholic high school sure of his direction and faith. As Michael is slowly exposed to the hypocrisies of the Christian Brothers that teach at the school and his fellow students lack of morals, he starts to question his life and his values. The world around him is becoming foreign and he is not sure where he fits in any more.

Michael meets a young girl at the local milk bar, her father suffers from depression and she is left to run the store on her own. Michael strikes up a friendship with her and much to his grandma?s disgust, Michael finds himself falling in love.

This movie explores the cruelty that used to exist in the name of private school education and it?s a light hearted look at how catholic children were perceived in the late 60?s. The story explores briefly the issues of teenagers in conflict with their morals. It?s a bit slow to start and the plot was lacking any great drama or action, but it was a good movie to escape into, late on a Wednesday night. (You know when there is ?nothing? on the TV!). I love to have ?old? movies like this in my home collection. It?s fun to revisit the eighties (reminds me of my teenage years!), especially with a young Andrew Mccarthy and Molly Ringwald on the screen together in a mushy love story. I remember seeing this at the movies so it was a bit of a stroll down memory lane….the characters in the school are fantastic, the cruel teachers, the misfits, the popular boys and the bullies, all make stereotypical appearances in this story and it comes together as a great story. Make sure you don’t miss this one.

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CONCLUSION

This movie was made in the 80?s and the fashion etc. is a bit dated, but the story concept is essentially still very real for the time it was set in. The story revolves around a young boy attending a catholic boys high school in the early 60?s. The expectation of catholic boys was very high and each boy had to find his way through the giant maze of growing up, as well as come to terms with the restrictions of the Catholic Church.