NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

IncaWelCar In truth, any opportunity to see the film on the big screen is welcome.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

sheffield Well, I own the soundtrack by Lee Holdridge for some years now, so I ordered the DVD to see "Jeremy". When I first saw the movie a few months ago, I thought to myself: Gee, what a jerk Jeremy is! When I saw the film again a few days ago, I saw a completely different movie. A movie made by a director who really cares about the young couple. You will probably rarely find a film which describes the discovery of love and understanding in such subtle, empathetic and unspectacular pictures. The ending of the film is very brave but also heartbreaking! But at no time - and that is a great quality of this movie - it becomes gooey or cheap. Once or twice I thought to discover a certain failing in the acting of Robby Benson, but all in all the actors did a very good job! Later on I told to myself: What a lucky guy Jeremy was to meet a girl like Susan. I would have given all to meet anyone like her when I was that age, but hey, it's an invented character and not a real person. By the way it's hard to believe that the director Arthur Barron only made few other films after "Jeremy" and nearly only for television.

shneur I am definitely no fan of love stories, but there is something very special about this one. Robby Benson portrays a young man who, while immersed in the ultra- (not to say pseudo-)sophisticated world of New York City teen life, manages to preserve a purity of character and honesty with those around him that is almost painful to watch. Somehow he does this without becoming either a nerd or a buffoon. I call the performance brilliant because I can't imagine that actor Benson himself could have been very much like this, though perhaps that's unfair: he has gone on to a quite respectable acting and directorial career. This was Glynnis O'Connor's first movie, and she is lovely as well as sensitive in a quite delicate role. Of course the theme of teenagers' vulnerability to the buffetings of the adult world they are helpless to control is what determines the plot, but in this case that is less of a political challenge than a device necessary to bring the story to its conclusion. I finished this movie feeling warm and rather good inside.

4debholley After seeing this movie 30 years ago, and considering that it was no acclaimed, it was most likely a low budget movie with fairly unknown actors, that have not been in the limelight much since, it is always on my mind. Combined with the story line, the vulnerability of the characters and the music, it has become a part of me. The only other movie that has had this affect on me is a scene from Carrie, the prom scene when Carrie and her date are dancing, but more than that, their souls are connecting and is as if they are the only 2 people in the world, almost a spiritual experience.. Those 2 times, I haven't seen it since.

snort90 I was 16 when I saw this movie. Not sure how to put into words the feelings I got as I sat there. I'm 46 now and I still think about the feelings I had that day in the theater. We've all experienced those feelings in real life and I'd love to go through it all again. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and get a copy somewhere. Love coming of age...Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor were perfect in this movie. I'm a middle-aged man now who feasts on horror and action movies, all I can take. If I had the chance to see it again, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Guys, watch it in private if you must and save your precious ego. You'll like the movie, I promise...