Baby It's You (1983)

Buy This Item Baby It's You (1983) by Paramount  Available from Amazon  $9.95  on 9-23-2008     John Sayles's third feature film was the exception that proved the rule about his need for total independence as a filmmaker. Sayles traded his final cut for studio funding, and the result was a movie that left him unhappy in its ultimate form. Nevertheless, <I>Baby, It's You</I> is full of dramatic elements and character nuances that are distinctively Saylesian (the director's screenplay is adapted from a novel by Amy Robinson), and the early-1960s New Jersey setting is clearly familiar territory for the Garden State's native son. Rosanna Arquette stars as Jill, a sweet, college-bound Jewish girl who develops an unlikely relationship with a macho Italian kid named "Sheik" Capodilupo (Vincent Spano). Sheik woos Jill, a girl from the good side of the tracks, with a certain determination, and while Sayles goes down this familiar path with a certain nostalgic glow, he has a larger story brewing beyond it--a story about relationships that never gel, about class assumptions, and about the painful, universal underpinnings of adolescence. <I>--Tom Keogh</I> Reader Reviews I absolutely love this movie. I saw it when it first came out and I fell in love with Vincent Spano. The chemistry between the two characters is believable as well as the storyline. I thought is clever how you never really new much about "The Sheik" but what you did know, made him likeable. I found myself routing for them to be together in the end. I highly recommend it. It definately was the sleeper of its time.

Baby It's You (1983) Available from Amazon Price: $9.95 Updated on 9-23-2008.

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