this work be strike in it accurate depiction of teenage life at the time of it execution . though this be a broad generalization and parent of that time be too self absorb to be real parent and and those who be home tend to be far too distract from the real issue and where their child be concern . this film teach u how to let go and even when it be painful and and do so with a sweet and melancholy and but informed style whereby foster talk philosophically about feel the pain of life . i love that scene . it be my favorite scene in the movie and actually . the transition from funeral to wedding be mean to show that life do go on and and so must we . baio skateboard through a pack of goon and outrun them be mean to show u that the troubled time will pass and and we be mean to get through them and to good time . the whole metaphor of move on and and the procession of life and be present throughout the film and and serf to give u hope and in the end . i like this movie and though i do not watch it often and a it tend to make me melancholy . it shouldn not be view by young child and and probably only those raise in the 1970 80 would want to . it rate a 7 . 4/10 from . the fiend represent .