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What was wrong with the film?


Was it the musical factor? The accusing of his parents? Or was it the acting? I actually liked the idea of the story (minus the parent accusing), it was just very poorly executed. Anybody else have any thoughts?

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Everythings wrong with the movie. Boy thats swell.

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I agree, minus the poorly executed part. The story minus the parent accusing, acting, and musical factor were all fine - as were the staging and editing. I'm sure watching MST3K's "Riding With Death" - a truly awfully executed 'movie' - before this one helped my opinion, but the film wasn't badly done. The plot developments and particularly the ending, being the point of the film, were somewhat stupid - but certainly didn't shoot it into Plan 9 territory. 6.0/10

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The Violent Years (also MSTied) covers a lot of the same ground. But with a script by Ed Wood, it manages to propel itself into the stratosphere. It's a lot weirder, and a lot funnier. Accuse is actually not that bad; typical low budget message film where they can't afford to show the main character doing any of the terrible things he ends up laying off on his parents.

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Another reason not to have children...


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The main thing wrong is why a guy in his thirties is still at High School and how he can get released into the custody of his parents until he is 21...

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Well, once he reaches his forties he can enroll in medical school with the other 'kids' from Ring of Terror...

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For me it was the accusing of his parents. They weren't exactly model citizens, but they had nothing to do with Jimmy getting mixed up with those mobsters.

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What's "wrong" is that it presents a semi-plausible situation without treating it in any real depth -- everything is rather schematic.

The acting and direction are professional, but the script doesn't set up situations that tell us much about the characters. In particular, why is Jimmy so naïve?

The story's "moral" -- as exemplified by Al's befriending Jimmy -- is that what children really want from their parents is a reasonable amount of sincere attention and honest affection. Nothing else really matters.

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