Lucas

Plot synopsis:
Lucas Bly is an intelligent and nerdy 14-year-old high school student. He becomes acquainted with Maggie, an attractive older girl who had just moved to town. After meeting Lucas on one of his entomological quests, Maggie befriends him, spending time with him during the remainder of the summer until school begins.
Lucas, who finds himself a frequent victim of bullying and teasing, has a protector of sorts, Cappie Roew, an older student and football player. Cappie was once one of Lucas' tormentors, until Cappie contracted hepatitis and Lucas, for reasons no one ever knew, brought him his homework every day, ensuring that Cappie didn't fail and have to repeat a year of school.
Even though Lucas deems it beneath her, Maggie becomes a cheerleader for the football team in order to get closer to Cappie, on whom she has a growing crush. Angered and offended by Maggie continuing to ignore him, Lucas begins to irritate Maggie, continuing to castigate her cheerleading as "superficial" and making the incorrect assumption that she will be his date to an upcoming school dance. Maggie complains to Lucas that she's interested in things besides just hanging out with him.
On the night of the dance, Cappie is dumped by his girlfriend Alise, who has noticed his attraction to Maggie. A depressed Cappie finds comfort with Maggie at her house—much to the chagrin of Lucas, who has arrived, in tuxedo, to pick her up for the dance. Even though Cappie and Maggie invite him out for pizza, he rebukes them and rides off on his bike. Rina, Lucas' best female friend, encounters him as he sits alone, watching the dance. Even though she has feelings for him, Rina consoles Lucas as he frets about him and Maggie being "from two different worlds". Meanwhile, Cappie and Maggie are out for pizza alone. Lucas happens to be riding by and witnesses their first kiss.
In a last-ditch attempt to impress Maggie and gain the respect he so desperately craves, the diminutive Lucas joins the football team. In the shower after practice, Lucas endures perhaps another prank from his constant tormentors Bruno and Spike. At the end of the day, Lucas flees in embarrassment to his favorite hiding place and Maggie chases him to talk with him. After she tells him with kindness that she wants him to be her friend, Lucas tries to kiss her. Maggie backs away, and a heartbroken Lucas screams at her to leave.
The next day, Lucas removes his helmet during his first football game and is severely injured, requiring hospitalization. Maggie, Cappie, and Rina attempt to contact Lucas' parents, though Maggie discovers that she does not know Lucas as well as she thought she did. Correcting Maggie's misguided impression that Lucas lives in the large luxurious house where she has seen him several times, Rina shows them that Lucas lives in a dilapidated trailer with his alcoholic father and works as a gardener at the large house.
Meanwhile, Lucas' schoolmates hold a vigil in the hospital for him as he recuperates. Maggie visits Lucas' room that evening and sternly tells him never to play football again. Lucas promises, and the two reconcile, picking up their friendship where they left off. They speculate as to where they will be when the locusts return seventeen years later; both express the hope that they will still be friends when the locusts return again.
Lucas returns to school a short time later, with schoolmates all casting surprised looks at him as he walks through the hall. Upon reaching his locker, he finds Bruno and Spike there waiting for him, but he tries to ignore them as he opens his locker. Inside is a varsity letter jacket, with Lucas' name and number on the back. As Lucas takes it out in shock, Bruno starts the "slow clap", and the entire hallway starts applauding. Maggie, Cappie, and Rina are there, too, leading the applause as Lucas raises his arms triumphantly and smiles.

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Review:
Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green, and Winona Ryder all leave their mark in this film as his few friends and the rest of the cast works nicely.
The great thing about this movie is that, although billed as a romantic comedy, it is more of a drama that explores the difficulty of being an outsider, this film doesn't give in to teen-flick cliches, it is almost relentless in terms of causing the audience to feel sorry for Lucas and at times it's downright scary.
He, along with the rest of the cast (including Kerri Green, Winona Ryder, and Charlie Sheen), gave a great performance...
I would agree, for the simple reason that this particular film has realistic, sympathetic and likeable characters and, with the exception of all the football heroic antics towards the end, it's just full of sweetness and charm.Looking back, it's one of those films with a very interesting cast...Corey Haim (Lucas Blye) - this was Haim's finest hour, giving a really excellent performance as the title character, a misfit who listens to classical music and collects bugs in lieu of rock 'n' roll and partying.
He followed this up with The Lost Boys the following year, but then WHAT happened?!!?...Kerri Green (Maggie) - everyone loved this sweetly appealing, auburn haired actress in The Goonies (1985) and Lucas - she was lovely in both films.
However, Kerri sadly chose not to persue an active film career, which is a disappointment as she would certainly have become a big movie star had she wanted to be...Winona Ryder (Rena) - even in such a small supporting role, not to mention a debut performance, Winona indicated that she had an extraordinary acting talent.
Even though her Lucas co-stars had the bigger roles, it was Winona who has become a major movie star with a huge array of films to her credit, plus two Oscar nominations for her work in The Age of Innocence (1993) and Little Women (1994)...Charlie Sheen (Cappie) - 1986 was a great year for Martin Sheen's son.
But like Corey Haim, what on earth went wrong?!...Courtney Thorne-Smith (Alise) - who would have thought over a decade later this actress would do such a good job as Georgia Thomas in the hugely successful TV series Ally McBeal?!...Despite its almost universal acclaim and brilliant young cast, Lucas is not as well-known to movie lovers as, say, Pretty in Pink or any other teen movie of that era.
This film is becoming a classic because of the fine, early performances from Winona Ryder, Charlie Sheen, Corey Haim, even Courtney Thorne-Smith of "Ally McBeal".It is a unique movie with a love triangle where the viewer wants both guys (Sheen and Haim) to get the girl.
If you express it with this film, "Lucas" is good as a movie, but almost brilliant as a family inspirational picture.What happens in the film is like a taleAn old tale of a boy who is not accepted in his everyday environment and tries to live with it.
The hero of this tale is the special Lucas, played by Corey Haim as a boy who is definitely stranger and more intelligent than the rest of his companions; it's something you notice immediately.Or at least Maggie (Kerri Green) notices it.
Logically, he has his two or three nerdy best friends that are there for him, included a girl named Rina (the first role Winona Ryder ever played, with 15 years old or soGorgeous), who obviously likes him and follows his look while he is searching for Maggie on the first day of classes.
In a very good scene where Cappie takes care of Lucas, Maggie thanks him and they both talk about LucasMy brother thought Maggie was in love with Lucas, but I told him that she had a crush on CappieThe movie understands the characters so well that it turned out the way I said, of course.The language these kids deal with, the situations they live are real.
Haim gives his overall best performance as the 14-year-old title character who has a crush on new girl Green and they bond during the summer, but by the time school begins, he gets teased by the jocks and Green leaves him out in the cold and has eyes for football hunk Sheen, who has become Lucas's bodyguard.
During the summer vacation, the fourteen year-old Lucas Bly (Corey Haim) meets the sixteen year-old newcomer in town Maggie (Kerri Green) and they become best friends.
The character of the coach who is well defined as a punk from the beginning is very hard to envision as keeping his job (maybe he didn't.) One weird bit, a woman must have had the most say in the casting, because easily the best looking girl was the one in the band, and I remember being a high school boy.
High school freshman Corey Haim (in the titled role) falls in love quickly with the new girl in town (Kerri Green).
Haim will do most anything to get Green so he decides to quit band and play football instead, thinking that will be the way to win her heart for good.
Nine Comments & One Question About Lucas:Comments1)  Excellent acting by a star studded cast.2)  Wicked 80's music throughout the movie.3)  Lucas is a pervert.4)  Corey Haim had SO much promise as an actor.5)  Lucas is a party animal.6)  I love Kerri Green.7)  I cry everytime I watch this movie.8)  Yeah I'd like some Ree-sees Pee-sees.9)  Lucas is a true testament to how great the 80's were.Question1)  If you're so depressed, how come you're eating pizza?Rating: 10/10.
Greatly enjoyed this film which delves into the personal lives of a young geek looking guy named Corey Haim(Lucas),"Busted",'96, who pretends to be an entirely different person and falls deeply in love with Kerri Green (Maggie),"Three for the Road" and is the new girl in town who happens to run into Lucas on a tennis court.
If this film had grossed millions there would be more like it and that makes me sad; however, maybe it's for the best for now we can look at this gem as the greatest teen movie that has ever be made.
This movie had its strengths, particularly the likeable characters and the theme of the little guy against the rest of society, but the lead actor playing Lucas, Corey Haim, was not easy to relate to.
I ended up wandering into this after seeing another movie (Pretty in Pink, I think), and was pleasantly surprised.I really think that "Lucas" could have been much more popular than it ended up being if Fox had decided to concentrate its ad campaign less on the Kerri Green/Charlie Sheen love story and more on Lucas himself.
I always thought that the movie veered unnecessarily into melodrama after Lucas got sacked, and you found out that his dad was an alcoholic--especially considering that the plot point was never used again and didn't seem to change things.So many good actors came out of this movie (Winona Ryder, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Charlie Sheen--even Corey Haim), and it works on so many different levels.
Supporting players like Charlie Sheen and Jeremy Piven stand out by virtue of their later popularity, but it's a young Winona Ryder's understated sensitivity that pulls at the viewer's heartstrings in her film debut..
All the while, Rina (Winona Ryder) actually likes Lucas but he dismisses her for Maggie.The great thing in this teen drama is that none of the lead characters are all good all the time.
I really enjoyed watching Lucas it was very well made and had a great cast: Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen and Winona Ryder and also the plot was very well done and is a very lovely 1980's film.
Lucas Bly (Corey Haim) an average 14 year old boy quickly falls in love with Maggie (Kerri Green) a new girl who has just moved to the area after they develop a friendship Maggie notices Cappie (Charlie Sheen) a boy on the football team after they spend a lot of time together Lucas decides to join the football team.
Lucas is also friends with Rina (Winona Ryder in her film debut) another girl who is in the same school.I think Corey Haim gave a brilliant acting performance he seemed to stay in character well and really fitted the part of Lucas Bly!
Filled with wonderful direction,a great cast,well-written screenplay and a beautiful score,Lucas is a timeless classic of Teen films and Coming Of Age films.Lucas tells the story of Lucas Bly(Corey Haim),a smart and intelligent 14-year-old who while on Summer vacation meets the new girl in town Maggie(Kerri Green)an older girl that Lucas befriends over the Summer.
Feeling rejected,Lucas takes a drastic Action and joins the Football team which leads to funny and dramatic turn of events.Released in 1986,Lucas was an excellent Teen film that got lost in the shuffle because it wasn't a Brat Pack movie that didn't have big names and was overshadowed by two other Teen classics released that same year in John Hughes' films Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Pretty In Pink.
Thankfully,Lucas is now seen as a Teen and High School classic and is one of the best Teen films that John Hughes never made.
One of the reasons Lucas is one of the best Teen films ever made is because it's one of the most realistic Teen films that is basically a simple story that is funny but in an honest and truthful that feels real but Lucas greatly balances out Comedy and Drama without going over the top or over dramatic You feel like the characters and feel of High School and how it real was:complex and confusing.
Because unlike most love triangles and friendships in films the three main characters don't hate each other when things start to go bad like when Cappie and Maggie fall for each other the two are not mean or hateful towards and Lucas despite being mad at Cappie and Maggie and being betrayed he doesn't hate the two of them and still consider them his friends.
Lucas while a Teen film is also a great character study of the main character Lucas as most of the film is seen from his point of view and as we watch the film we see Lucas deal with love and his Teenage adolescence as well as dealing with bullies and also being socially awkward because while Lucas is smart and intelligent and knows things,he doesn't always know how to deal with relationships and people which makes Lucas an easy target for bullies.
Lucas is such a classic character of Teen movies and Coming Of Age films and the character is timeless because he can exist in anytime or place and will always be relevant.
The three main characters in the film Lucas,Maggie and Cappie are great characters because while the three characters are in a Teen film they are not brought down by stereotypes and silly cartoon like actions because the characters feel and act like they can exist in the real world.
Charlie Sheen is great as Cappie,Lucas' friend and Maggie's love interest.
With a cast of future film stars like Charlie Sheen and Winona Ryder, you would imagine that a teen comedy like "Lucas" might have a lot of things going for it.
Corey Haim could have had star potential but after doing films like this his fate was firmly established in direct to video movies - which is what he deserves!.
Still, no disrespect to the God of teen films.Lucas (Haim) is a nerdy fourteen year old who meets and quickly falls in "love" with a girl named Maggie (Green).
Lucas begins to become more and more distant from Maggie.The film captures what many teen movies ignore, or don't focus on too much; the first love.
I'm extremely grateful for that in every possible way.Lucas is one of the many teen movies that is worth watching, but only one of the handful that deserve the title of "coming-of-age".
Starring: Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Winona Ryder, Tom Hodges, and Jeremy Piven.
This is an emotional drama-comedy film that as you watch it you remember back to your high school days, and you remember the times you can relate to with people being different having nerds and bullies and the need for social acceptance.
Corey Haim plays the Lucas character perfect he's just fine as a thoughtful geek who's smart all brains and no brawn who just wants to impress the social crowd.
Most all of us remember kids like these in high school who are picked upon and bullied you feel sorry for them and at the same time you want to cheer them for the inspiration they bring by trying for social acceptance.
The supporting cast is just great, my man Charlie Sheen is great as the football stud, who tries to help Lucas thru his tough journey and the film features Winona Ryder in one of her earliest roles.
The performances are all excellent, especially Kerri Green as Maggie, and Corey Haim as Lucas.
Lucas (1986) **** (out of 4) Marvelous coming of age film has Corey Haim playing the title character, a 14-year-old dork who finds himself in high school due to his brains.
During the summer he meets a new girl (Kerri Green) who he falls in love with but she ends up with the popular quarterback (Charlie Sheen), which Lucas doesn't quite understand.
The fact that Lucas falls in love with someone he obviously can't have makes for a lot of movies like this but this film takes it to the next level because Lucas is someone we can all identify with and the supporting players are likely people we know as well.
The film is smart enough to make us understand why some might not take a liking to Lucas and we even turn on him a little as his attitude towards the Green character changes.
All the elements are in play for a truly delightful and realistic depiction of one fourteen year old boy's experiences as a high school freshman.While there are other characters in the film, who share equal amounts of screen time, and they too have their own stories, Lucas' are the most entertaining and most anticipated.
Kerrie Green and Charlie Sheen co-star as Cory Haim (Lucas)'s friends, and Wynona Ryder makes her film as one of Lucas' friends, who secretly has a crush on him.Although this is from the mid-1980's, it still has enough charm and realism, that is enjoyable for generations to come.It's heartwarming, sad, funny, and thoroughly entertaining.
Other standouts include Winona Ryder (adorable), Courtney Thorne Smith, and Keri Green (whatever happened to her?) This movie reminded me of a simpler time both with regards to the decade and the phase of life (80s and high school).
Most movie directors would probably make it so that Lucas actually makes his football team win that game and give happy and cheerful ending.
And the stars - Charlie Sheen, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Corey Haim, Winona Ryder - were a real joy to watch.
Lucas (Corey Haim) is a 14 years old nerdy boy who is teased by the bigger boys all the time.He becomes a friend with new girl in town, 16 years old Maggie (Kerri Green).The boy has deeper feelings for the girl but Maggie falls in love with a football player called Cappie (Charlie Sheen), who is going out with this Alise (Courtney Thorne-Smith).Lucas from 1986 is sweet drama movie.Corey Haim does great job playing Lucas, the boy who never gives up.Charlie Sheen is a nice add for the movie.And this was before he became a big star.Then you can also see Winona Ryder in her debut role playing Rina, a friend of Lucas.She  also became a big star later in her life.
Here is an ordinary film, ordinary high school stereotypes and adolescent redemption.But it is worth looking at model of the girls, because it is all about getting the girl.You have two guys, the head of the football team played by Charlie Sheen, and a wimpy smart smaller and younger kid.You have three girls.
The movie made all three characters, Lucas, Maggie, Cappie very whole people and not just clichés.
This coming of age movie about a socially inept boy, Lucas Blye (Corey Haim) trying to join the high school football team, only, because he was suicidal by heartbreak.
you also get to view Winona Ryder in her film debut and a very young Charlie sheen as "Cappie", the jock whose got a soft spot for Lucas.
His only friends are a handful of loners (including Winonna Ryder in her film debut), the school's football team captain Cappy (Charlie Sheen), and Maggie (Kerri Green), the new girl in town.Lucas is the first person Maggie meets.
Lucas gets annoyed, too, once Maggie and Cappy fall in love with each other, because he figured that something like that was going to happen.
Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen and Winona Ryder star in this 1986 drama.
The late, Haim (The Lost Boys) plays Lucas, an intelligent yet odd teen who meets and befriends Maggie (Green), the new girl in school.
Though "Lucas" falls into the usual teenage film trap, it is saved by very sympathetic characters and a very good performance by Corey Haim.
How many times have we seen these first-love films where the older young lady falls for the only friend that Haim (Lucas) has?
Corey Haim was perfect as Lucas, the smart, nerdy, short little kid in high school who befriends a popular girl Maggie (Kerri Green) during their summer break.
But when school starts Maggie begins hanging out with all the football players and getting close with Cappie (Charlie Sheen), who has always stuck up for Lucas when he is being picked on.
But I think "Lucas" is a great film and anyone who loves 80s teen dramas should watch it.