SnoopyStyle Daniel Michon is a young Parisian obsessed with American movies. He sneaks onto a film set and meets smart American girl Lauren King (Diane Lane). Her mother Kay (Sally Kellerman) is a three-times married actress flirting with her director. Daniel and Lauren start hanging out. They encounter Julius Santorin (Laurence Olivier) in the park who tells them about a romantic tradition under the Bridge of Sighs in Venice. Lauren invites Daniel to her birthday party but Kay is instead holding a wrap party for the film. Her stepfather announces that they're moving to Houston. The young couple hatches a plan to go to Venice with Julius' help. Kay launches an international search for her missing daughter.This is young puppy love. They're more like friends. Diane Lane is incredibly young in her film debut. She's quite charismatic. On the other hand, the boy is only fine. He's a young kid and his character needs an endearing scene. Then there is Sir Laurence Olivier. He adds some serious comedic flair to the proceedings. Without him, the movie is sweet and quirky without substance or laughs. This is an odd movie. It's not that funny but some of it is. The romance is light and innocent. The trio's chemistry is good. The adventure is light but it has the weight of the exotic European locations. Mostly, it's interesting to see Diane Lane as a very young actress. It's always fun to see a famous person as a young performer.

gilligan1965 I saw this movie when I was thirteen when it first came out...and, I loved it!For a love-sick teenage boy who loved girls his age, this movie was a fascination to me - a boy and a girl who are my age and in love running away together from France to Italy (Venice) and finding truth in a tall-tale told to them by a friendly and lonely, but, shady, old man (played by the iconic Laurence Olivier) who is full of tall-tales of adventure; intrigue; excitement; and, 'alotta' romance!To me as a young teen, this was the most romantic movie I'd ever seen; and, like most teenage boys, I thought "why can't that happen to me?" Like in this movie, I, and, most boys my age, would have risked everything to run-off with a girl whom they were in love with. As an older teen, I got into a lot of trouble bringing girls home late; sometimes even an entire weekend late, like in this movie.This movie had a real impression upon me.Who would have guessed that the 'introduced' beautiful girl in this movie would have grown up to be the super-star beautiful woman she is now - Diane Lane? I really like this movie, for a variety of reasons, and, I'm sure that any young boy who respects girls and wants 'a little romance' would agree! :)The ending of this movie, especially the freeze-frame, along with the lovely music, truly broke my heart.

wapotter I was embarrassed for Sir Laurence Olivier who must have been in dire need of money to allow himself to be involved in this picture. The only two actors that actually seemed to know what they were doing in this film were Mr. Olivier who played Julius and Arthur Hill who played the father. Sally Kellerman was way over the top as the neurotic, hypocritical and overbearing mother (reminding of Hot Lips Houlihan in "M*A*S*H"). It appeared to me that the director was only interested in placing the children in adult situations and seeing how filthy he could get their language to be. The film might have been better if it had been completely subtitled or in English (with poor or unintelligible French and Italian accents). The only reason to actually view this film is because of Olivier. His character was believable. The story line was predictable and contrived. The direction looked like it may have been done by a film student who was unsure of how to direct...which is surprising, since George Roy Hill directed such watchable and enjoyable films as "The Sting," (which had a prominent placement in the film) "Thouroughly Modern Millie," and "The World According to Garp." If you have 2 hours to spend, it might be better to find something else to watch...maybe "Bridge to Terebithia," or "My Girl."

paradox252003 Something about this movie was extraordinary and beautiful. Its genuinely pure and genuinely innocent. If you can handle that kind of stuff you will love this movie. I first saw it in 1989 and it is still one of my all time favorites. The quality of the dialog was well scripted and the story was very watchable, simple pure and something in this movie brought me back to my adolescence and I could relate to not only the memory of those experiences, but the feelings of those memories, and this movie really understood the sensitivity and struggle of those times in the lives of young teenagers. Diane Lane was so special and beautiful, she really helped this movie to be something special.