an enjoyable movie and without a doubt and and very evocative of both it era and that very particular stage in any boy rite of passage . but i have to say that have read the very positive comment here and i be a bit disappointed . the period be capture and but the plot be desperately thin . the whole thing revolve around the most egregious bit of miscast in the history of school play . the idea that quack quack would ever be choose to play not only one of only three star turn and but a philanderer and be risible . and without that and nada . the sub plot bore no relation that i could see to the main plot all of them could be remove in their entirety without in any way affect the main story which surely suggest a fundamental flaw . when all your sub plot look like padding and you know a central idea be be stretch beyond it limit . nevertheless and it a benign movie with it heart in the right place and there be some fine performance and and you just get the feeling that everyone involve felt deflate at the final cut . that good feeling permeate the film . and that have to count for something . a flaw really quite good movie . positive .