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In my opinion, Breaking Away is one of the all-time best coming of age films. The main character, Dave, is charming, intense, and sweet (and just a bit whacky). This film deals not only with the changes of growing up and losing your childish illusions, but it also shows how those changes affect your family and friends. Really entertaining and has a great ending.
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This film hits a lot of the points and does that part well. Some of the encounters between protagonists and antagonists were staged pretty clumsily but I certainly forgive that. One of the main characters was pretty much left without complete development, Daniel Stern, and the concept of a bike rider drafting a truck at 60 MPH was patently absurd. Non bike riders MIGHT believe it possible. Oh, and the idea of a single rider carrying nearly ALL the race and winning was pure ignorance - and Hollywood - but, hey, suspend disbelief and enjoy. I thought that the locations chosen were one of the best attributes of the film and I particularly liked the quarry and the stone cutting plant.
One of the few films in American cinema history that deals with the class structure in the US while doing it with fun and with heart. I saw it when it first came out, at a theater in New York City, and the crows was howling and on its feet at the end. A perfect verification of how good it is.
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Great classic movie. No sex, or nudity or bad language. Great actors, characters, great story that every high school kid should watch today! Even though this was shot back in the late 70's there are a lot of similar thoughts and life challenges that are still the same as today.
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I don't know why it took so long to find this dvd whenever I looked for it on line. Most of the time I saw it was only available in Europe and expensive. So this find and purchase was pretty exciting. It is one of my all time favorite movies and the dvd quality is great.
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