SummaryA socially inept fourteen year old (Corey Haim) experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.
Directed By:David Seltzer
Written By:David Seltzer
Lucas
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75
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Lucas is one of the year's best films, and although its three stars are all teenagers, I doubt if anyone of any age will give more sensitive and effective performances this year.
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Lucas manages to be touching, sad, thoughtful, funny, and joyous - it's a nearly-perfect portrait of the incredible highs and lows that accompany the high school journey of a square peg who doesn't fit into a round hole.
80
More subdued and much more honest that any of John Hughes' egregious forays into adolescence, the film's only drawback is an artificially upbeat ending.
75
Seltzer's characters are real; and Haim, Green, and Sheen play them wonderfully. As a result LUCAS is not just a film for teenagers but for anyone who has ever been a teenager.
70
No, it's not a daringly original plot and yes, it is sentimental, but Mr. Seltzer handles his small story as gently as Lucas handles the baby locust he finds in the road.
63
It's about a weird little kid, and it's an engaging mix. It is successful in recreating the frissons of adolescence and in slapping the myths around. The film also sports an ending that is pure tearjerker, but at least it earns the mush. [2 Apr 1986, p.D6]
60
Ultimately, this is the kind of film that gets more points for what it isn't—i.e., a typical teen comedy loaded with boob and fart jokes—than for what it is.
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Feb 27, 2018
10
One of the all-time greats that often is forgotten when putting together those best-of-the-80s lists. Sheen is terrific, but Corey Haim really does highly original and sympathetic work. The movie may dwell a bit too much on the bugs, but hey - he's a nerdy kid. The female lead wasn't in much else, but she's great.
Aug 21, 2021
7
It has aged in its now classic 80's cliches and tropes, but "Lucas" is an all-around sweet high school flick- bolstered by the once-promising acting talents of the late Corey Haim.
