Status well deserved

Rating: 9/10 (13 November 2011)

I personally belong to "generation X"; I seldom watch a film older than '79 because I have been mis-educated via TV that most pre-80s movies are dull and poorly edited. This film will open your eyes to the past greats. The shots, the cast, the story and the music are all first class. I did not expect to find such a gem in this film and I am pleasantly surprised. Some people may not be able to identify with the characters portrayed in this story. This is no Romeo and Juliet, rags to riches bullsh1t but a very real set of scenarios beautifully sculpted together, that I'm sure most men have experienced.
There seems to be a few people out there who struggle with the concept of the female characters in this film, well I guess what follows can be taken as a guide for life. Yes women can be as dumb as men, think of the dumbest guy you know and then put him in a skirt; is he more intelligent than Katharine Ross's character? Probably not! The story between Dustin and Anne Bancroft is one of youth vs. experience as far as manipulation is concerned, look again if you can't believe what I'm saying. The people who call this film debauched or depraved obviously would prefer to live in insular communities of their own creation however this film doesn't take place in; The Bible, The Koran, dreams, make-belief or any other substitute for reality. This is the real world whether you shield your eyes from it or not.
If you see a review below 7/10 then expect the reviewer to be a social outcast, so physically deformed that the characters and story portrayed, bare zero resemblance to them or their lives. We all know the People of which I speak; envious and derogatory of the lives of people engaged and pursued sexually. Don't let their inherent inadequacies colour your judgement.