Rating: - The French 'American Grafitti'
This movie is just plain, old fashioned, FANTASTIC FUN!
It was written/produced by the same team of writers and producers (Huyck & Katz) that penned American Grafitti and you can definitely see a similar thematic flavor (learn the big lessons of life/self realization before adulthood) flowing through this movie!
I find myself wanting to see this movie every six months or so, just to catch up with a few old friends - that's the way the characters affect you in this movie - you want to go home with them and hang out with them and see what they're up to today! I fell in love with Toni ... Read More
Rating: - Many First Times!
I love this movie and it is one of my all time favorites I watch over and over again. It reminds me of my many many firsts in college in the early 70's: First time on a plane (an inaugural Pan-AM 747 flight from JFK to Paris [I still have the certificate each passenger received]); first time overseas; first time in Paris; my first time speaking a language in its native surroundings; and other first times a little too personal to share publicly -- but when in France, do as the French do!!!! (nudge nudge wink wink!) I had the opportunity to study French language and literature at the Sorbonne in Paris ... Read More
Rating: - The Romance of Going Abroad
I first saw this film at a theater when I was in high school. I was charmed by the appeal of traveling to Europe and going to a foreign university even for a semester. I finally had that dream come through in graduate school, but I remember when I departed that I wanted to experience some of the things that the characters in this movie felt - romance, exposure to another culture, romance, European sophistication, immersion in another culture, did I say romance? This movie in a very easy way shows how our expectations can sometimes disappoint us. But it has some very funny moments. Some of the styles ... Read More
Rating: - Great movie
Reminds me of my junior year abroad..Great Actors The character Toni is bueatiful.....Really fun..reminds me of lost college friends........See it if you ever went overseas in college............
Rating: - Would be better without the deletions
I saw this in the theatre when it first came out. A fun film.
I bought the VHS, & it's still fun. However, there is a LOT missing: several musical items ["Do You Believe in Magic" - in French, in the opening scene on the bus; "Lotta Love", as noted in another review; "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" - in the scene with Mme. Tessier dancing w/ Alex at the end-of-year party] and several changed scenes.
The movie would be better "restored" & without deletions. I read somewhere that there were rights issues on some of the songs, and that some of the actors were not eager for this ... Read More
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