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Lucas

Lucas

Comedy · Drama · Romance · 1986

A brilliant but socially inept 14-year-old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends – Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love – fall for each other.

Movie details

Lucas

“It's about falling in love. For the first time.”

1986 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 40m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

A brilliant but socially inept 14-year-old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends – Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love – fall for each other.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

David Seltzer

Written by

David Seltzer

Corey Haim

Corey Haim

Lucas

Kerri Green

Kerri Green

Maggie

Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen

Cappie

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder

Rina

Courtney Thorne-Smith

Courtney Thorne-Smith

Alise

Tom Hodges

Tom Hodges

Bruno

Guy Boyd

Guy Boyd

Coach

Court is in session

Put Lucas on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.