In the mid-1960's, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. But one day, two of them want to make it big in their own way, but not everybody they meet is looking out for them, as they learn when a seemingly harmless outing goes awry.
1 February 1937, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1952, Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 January 1947, New York City, New York, USA
6 February 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1958, Chicago, Illinois, USA
7 January 1949, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
18 September 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 August 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 September 1953, New York City, New York, USA
May 30, 2003
A crafty and cunning black teen comedy that exudes a slick urban giddiness...an ethnically irreverent big screen answer to television's Happy Days
April 27, 2015
There's a specificity to screenwriter Eric Monte's memories of growing up on the Near North Side in the early 1960s that transcends mere imitation.
November 29, 2012
...emphasizes the thin line that exists between a life of promise and a life of prison (or worse, death) for kids growing up in a neighborhood like this.
February 09, 2006
Something of a disappointment.
April 01, 2008
Sometimes engaging comical and poignant black experience high school teen flick.
January 01, 2000
Uneven but generally funny.
January 24, 2004
The film's resistance of pathos starts to feel not just counterintuitive, but also a little ghoulish
