i be nine when i saw this movie and fell in love with a then very young kevin bacon . who star a the lead ren maccormack and a chicago teen who come to beaumont where drug and alcohol and and dance have be ban and his now divorce mother try to find a job . ren doesn not fit in with the wierdos of the town except he find a friend in willard play by the very missed chris penn and who be skinny at the time . a very young and unknown sarah jessica parker and then fame star lori singer star in the movie . singer play ariel and the rebellous preacher daughter and her boyfriend be a jerk of a bully . a she want to escape the town a she tell ren and she even apply to college that her dad doesn not know about either . great movie but predictable . kick off those sunday shoe indeed .