Stand by Me
Film details
| Film Title | Stand by Me |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 89mins |
| Year | 1986 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Director | Rob Reiner |
| Actors | Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko, Gary Riley, Bradley Gregg, Jason Oliver, Marshall Bell, Frances Lee McCain, Bruce Kirby, William Bronder, Scott Beach, Richard Dreyfuss |
| Showings |
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys’ adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
The resulting adventure — bizarre, mysterious and moving — is about lost youth and the recovery of innocence through writing and memory. It is also one of those vanishingly rare films where child actors have to carry almost the entire drama.
★★★★★
Stand by Me remains one of the loveliest and most devastating films ever made about the loss of childhood.
★★★★★
It’s hard to tell if the four young actors are all geniuses or just perfectly cast, but the performances are never short of real, and if some of the key scenes don’t have you choking back tears, you are without a soul.
★★★★★
The film is so well-observed and so energetically acted by its young cast that mawkishness is kept at bay.
★★★★
