Lucas

Corey Haim plays 13-year-old Lucas, a bespectacled, bookish type who attracts school bullies like a magnet. Lucas befriends 16-year-old Kerri Green; she wants to be "just friends," he'd like a more meaningful relationship. The boy introduces the girl to a world of intellectual pursuits of which ...more

David Seltzer's excellent film on the relationships between a trio of teenagers is a refreshing break from the run of cliché-ridden movies on this kind of material. The director's script focuses on a young high school kid's crush on a slightly older girl who becomes involved with the school's football star, as it explores the innocence, idealism, perennial infatuation, and alienation of adolescence. All of the characters seem fresh, and it's impossible to tell what will happen from moment to ...more