along with say anything and i would say it be one of the best teen 80 drama and and i wouldn not even describe a be of that genre . it start by take the teen angst storyline from rebel without a cause and add a twist of dogmatic puritan religious belief . and unlike rebel and footloose doesn not just focus on the angst and leave it unresolved while it demonstrate an opening of intergenerational diologue and tolerance . i would say that 2 4 % of the script be cheesy and but overall very good and not very date at all .