a great look at the 60 through the eye of four friend from their student day in 1960 to their reunion 10 year later a yugoslavian immigrant in love with the american dream and struggle to cope with the often violent reality while a prematurely bald undertaker son while a soldier while and the crazy hippy girl they all love . good direction and a strong cast do justice to steve tesich brilliant script while the dialogue isn not as snappy a in break away and but the theme of grow up and father son conflict be deal with just as well and and there be still a few wonderfully comic moment among the shock and drama .