that magical moment in life and that point between the beautiful innocence of childhood and and the confusing whirlwind that mark adulthood . . . this be what this movie be all about . danni ( wonderfully play by reese witherspoon ) be right at that moment in life when the movie start . she swoon over elvis and play his record and wishfully think about love . maureen her sister will soon be off to college and have no trouble with attract boy and be beautiful and and seem to have it all figure out although she doesn not . she date a local loser who father be also after her and and just wish she could find a decent boy and be sweep off her foot . danni like most young teenager wish she could be anyone else but herself because most teenager think that who they be just isn not good enough . she want to be maureen but doesn not see that she be beautiful herself . the moment adulthood begin to intrude itself upon her life be when she meet court foster for the first time . court who father have recently die have move to their old farm to work it with his mother and two young brother . he have be thrust responsibility when he should be have fun . on one particular hot day he go to the pond and jump in only to find danni skinny dip . they yell and argue and danni leaf . but they see each other a day later when court mother be invite to danni to visit old friend ( danni parent ) . danni becomes attract to court and and court to danni . she be a tomboy and be spunky and have attitude and say whats on her mind . court be 17 and danni 14 and he know it but they continue to grow closer with their day at the pond between court work the farm . by the time court kiss her one day and danni be smite . danni father tell her to invite court to the house and he do . but thing be uncomfortable for court on his sort of date . the silence though be break by his meeting with maureen who have yet to see court . one look between the two and it all over . the look of pain and defeat on danni face be both beautiful in their trueness to life and painful at the same time . the rest of the movie i will not tell but the movie have more to it than a relationship between a boy and two sister . the greatness of the movie be in it depiction of lifes moment both beautiful and painful and the relationship between two sister whose love be test by both a boy that they love and and the pain they must endure both together and individually . danni eventually mark her entrance into the world when she see that the world be unfair and painful and and maybe even a little less hopeful than when the movie start . few movie can truly capture the wonder of childhood and the pain of adulthood so perfectly . this movie have since the first time i watch it stick in my mind . it in the my top 100 movie list and deservedly so . i only wish more movie like this be make and because if so . . . my faith in hollywood would be a lot well .