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1986
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5.0
It is the end of the summer and they need a really great adventure.
Spirituality And Practice
5.0
Stand by Me (1986) 4 Stars (out of 4) Tweet Wagon Training By Jeffrey M. Anderson Adapted from a Stephen King short story (The Body), this film downpl ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Deliverance for juniors, with a gang of four boys tramping off to test their emerging teenhood in the Oregon woods of the 1950s.
Chicago Reader
5.0
Its a likeable but hard centred picaresque set in 1950s Oregon that blends the themes of childhood friendship, parental pressure and the loss of innoc ..
Radio Times
4.2
The narrative centers on one extraordinary weekend in the lives of four friends, a weekend that at once epitomizes the magic of childhood and signals ..
Emanuellevy
4.0
You absolutely cant make it as a two hour movie.If it was a trilogy of films maybe.
Total Film
4.4
For the leads, the filmmakers selected four of the most promising young actors on the horizon of American cinema.
ReelViews
4.4
Reiners confident direction also elicits four brilliant juvenile performances.
Groucho Reviews
3.8
And So It Goes myriad of problems are exacerbated by a hopeless lack of standout sequences, as the film remains pitched at a level of excessive medioc ..
Reel Film
4.4
Reiner elicits some excellent performances from his young cast (River Phoenix is a standout) and Kiefer Sutherland is memorable as a menacing teen hoo ..
Movies Tv Guide
2.0
Some of their horsing around, 1950ish style, is comical, but too much of what they do is only too plainly imposed by the movie makers.
Ny Times
4.5
It stands, sweet and strong, ribald, outrageous and funny, like its heroes themselves a bit gamy around the edges, perhaps, but pure and fine clear th ..
La Times
3.1
Textbook Drama Trips Up Stand By Me Stand by Me is a film of honorable ambitions severely compromised by a creeping show biz phoniness.
Articles Chicago Tribune
4.0
Its perspective is that of a knowing adult, which is to say that though the film is frequently affectionate and funny, it contains a drop too much con ..
Articles Orlando Sentinel
4.5
In Stand by Me, a wonderfully fresh and thrilling film about boys coming of age, adolescent experience is perfectly distilled.
Articles Sun Sentinel
4.5
Mr. King might have gone through hell growing up, but that hell was more than worth it.
Blu Ray Ign
5.0
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