smatysia I saw this film in the early Eighties, but it made little impression on me, as I remembered almost nothing from it. Now it's thirty years later, and I found it rather uncomfortable to watch. (And I don't even have daughters!) Teen sex was really cool when I was a teen, but now the whole concept seems downright icky.This seems to have been a vehicle for Tatum O'Neal, and she was cute and competent throughout. However it seems that Kristy McNichol had the larger part, and the much deeper one as well. Matt Dillon looked like such a complete punk. (I'm sure I looked just the same at about that time.) And I always thought of Cynthia Nixon as an older actress, (yes she's younger than me) so it was interesting to see her work as a child.Overall, I didn't find this very enjoyable.

josh203 What ultimately destroys this movie is its cowardice. It pretends to be risqué -- two teen girls at summer camp competing to see who can lose their virginity first. But ultimately, it's just another Hollywood morality tale, which pretends to be honest because a few of the teens cuss, smoke, drink, and have sex but ends with a cheesy, predictable, conventional message -- that first casual sexual experience will leave a girl miserable -- that could just as well have been delivered by the pope.So I'd say late-night TV viewing material at best, not something that I'd want to buy. Too bad, because with a bit of "Animal House" subversiveness and abandon this movie could have been in-your-face and hysterical. The elements are there, but it's clear that the filmmakers (or, I suspect, the suits at the studio) didn't have the guts to transcend the conventions of the teen exploitation flick. For contemporaneous movies that portrays teens as they really are, see "Over the Edge" or "The Outsiders." Both succeed because they're frank rather than scared.

gcd70 Awkward coming of age pic features a naive contest between two fifteen year old schoolgirls to see who can lose their virginity first. Before the film is over, one of the girls discovers sex is not as romantic and dreamy as they imagined. Hard to know whether director Maxwell, along with writers Kimi Peck and Dalene Young, were trying to encourage young girls to save themselves or whether this was just supposed to be a film about the trials of puberty."Little Darlings" never really digs deep enough, and thus we never get to the nitty-gritty of growing up. Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol do well with their two young teens from different sides of the social fence; both of whom are growing up too fast. A very young Matt Dillon and the talented Armand Assante lend support as the prospective lovers.Sunday, April 25, 1999 - Video

CANALES1016 I remember seeing this movie back in 1980. It was an awesome film and very funny. My favorite scene was when Cinder ask Angel Bright for the bread, and Angel Bright just throws it at her. That scene has always made my laugh. The ending song in the video version is different from the original version. I remember hearing the song "Let your Love Flow" by the Bellamy Brothers and now it's something different. I hope that when they release it on DVD, they put the original song. But Kristy and Tatum deliver excellent performances. Matt Dillion also delivers a good performance. The movie is bound to become a classic. I just hope that the ending original song "Let your Love Flow" is put back on.