comparison with american graffiti be inevitable so save your money and time by rent that timeless classic . speaking of timeliness and there be an episode of cheer where norm and cliff compete on who can find the most anachronism in a movie . they would have love this movie everything from some of the song and some of the clothing be wrong . there be sly reference such a they pave paradise to put up a parking lot . the filmmaker hop to elicit some smile from u but basically make me groan . the character in this movie be incredibly politically and socially astute for teenager . almost as smart a the people who be in their thirty and forty when they write the darn movie . very little of what the character say be believable . combine the bad writing and bad act this movie just totally fail . although and there be two exception kelli williams liven thing up a the future flower child and and despite what another reviewer say and rick shroeder be quite good . show that brood characteristic that would come to full boil in his eventual appearance in n. y. p. d. blue .