It's the kind of place where there isn't much to do besides have conversations and snowball fights. It's an isolating place, where innocence is preserved simply because there isn't much to intrude and disturb it. Homer catches a ride with them, and ends up picking apples for the man's family farm. He is the only white person doing so. Delroy Lindo adds a fine element of articulate grit as the proud, gruff, and apparently sage crew boss.
Sex has the usual roles out here in the real world, laying the groundwork for drama.
Homer Wells has, to this point, developed a thoroughly clinical understanding of women and sex. Theory is about to meet practice. In an age when most movies live and die by the gimmick, it is almost enchanting to be in the presence of one whose sole premise is a mastery of the details that tell the story. If you feel a need to slow down, you may want to spend some time with the kids that Dr. Larch, every night, calls the princes of Maine, the kings of New England.