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Lucas is an unusually bright teenager whose nerdy looks and meek demeanor make him a favorite target for bullies. Lucas then experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends, Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love, fall for each other.
15 October 1922, Los Angeles, California, USA
3 September 1965, New York City, New York, USA
8 November 1967, San Francisco, California, USA
7 November 1948, USA
23 May 1921, Hyde Park, Illinois, USA
23 December 1971, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
26 June 1970, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA
29 October 1971, Winona, Minnesota, USA
26 July 1965, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
20 September 1956, Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
15 April 1943, Du Quoin, Illinois, USA
January 02, 2011
A realistic look at a teen's coming-of-age.
May 21, 2003
No, it's not a daringly original plot and yes, it is sentimental, but Mr. Seltzer handles his small story as gently as Lucas handles the baby locust he finds in the road.
January 01, 2000
It's a poignant and effective character study that manages not only to explore important teenage issues without condescending to the audience, but to offer an upbeat ending without descending into mawkishness.
August 23, 2016
Lucas is as irresistible as its slight, brilliant, bespectacled 14-year-old hero (Corey Haim).
January 01, 2000
It would be tragic if this film would get lost in the shuffle of "teenage movies." This is a movie that is as pure and true to the adolescent experience as Truffaut's The 400 Blows.
September 19, 2002
Highly entertaining. A movie for the underdog in all of us.
July 29, 2002
a mid-1980s sleeper that's worth rediscovering
September 27, 2002
Watch the fall of Corey Haim!
October 16, 2004
Haim is engaging in this tale of a lonely teen.
January 15, 2002
Explores the downside of peer pressures in high school and the high value given to sports.
August 23, 2016
Having carefully and sensitively drawn an interesting character and put him in an interesting place, the filmmakers start painting with their fingers and ultimately provide a very familiar picture.
January 31, 2011
It's hard to think of another movie where so many young performers have so forcefully announced themselves to the world.
