Sooner or Later
by Bruce Hart
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Actor: Barbara Feldon, Denise Miller, Judd Hirsch, Lilia Skala, Rex SmithDirector: Bruce Hart
Cinematographer: Edward R. Brown
Writer: Bruce Hart
Editor: Eric Albertson
Editor: Patrick McMahon
Producer: Carole Hart
Writer: Carole Hart
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: Pan & Scan, 1.33:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-03-13
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Henstooth Video
Movie Reviews of Sooner or Later
Movie Review: Very good movie, but I think a teen should be at least 14 before watching it.
Summary: 4 Stars
I saw this movie a couple of times when I was about fourteen. And all these years later it always stuck in my head. Recently I went online and bought it. When I was a little girl and watched it the scenes I remembered most was her being upset after the breakup and eating all that chocolate. When she had her makeup done at the mall and Michael fell for Jessie he kept staring at her. Other then that I didn't really remember most of it. I guess I was to young to be into the whole dating scene. I think it's a great story and gosh forgot how unbelievably cute Rex Smith is. Denise Richards was a real pretty girl to bad she didn't go onto more things. Rex Smith also did a great job but I guess he's into broadway shows nowadays. The only thing I would say is I would watch this with a teenage daughter because even though it's a clean movie. Some of the messages are not good. Like was she expected to go all the way with him even if she was sixteen some of us girls wait in a relationship, and they didn't know each other very long. Also her parents didn't seem to know what was going on with her and most parents would care if their 13 year old daughter was dating a 17 year old, that is a big age difference at that age. But don't get me wrong I still love the movie and would recommend it to any teen as long as they understood some of these things. But I think the message at the end was good because Michael said it was up to her to set the pace and that he loved her and would wait. That's the message girls need to know that it's ok to wait and if someone really cares for you they will.
Summary of Sooner or Later
When 13-year-old Jessie (Denise Miller) goes to the Eddie Nova Guitar Institute, she's stunned to discover her teacher is Michael (Rex Smith), a 17-year-old aspiring local musician she'd just seen play with his rock band at the local shopping mall--and with whom she was instantly smitten. Through the grace of makeup, Jessie can pass for 16, and she tells Michael that's her age when he gives her a ride home from class one week. They start to flirt. When Michael invites her to a band rehearsal, they kiss for the first time; when he invites her to a drive-in movie, things start moving just a little too fast, and Jessie has to quickly decide whether or not to confess. Sooner or Later is full of 1970s schmaltz--Michael's songs sound like a cross between Electric Light Orchestra and the Starland Vocal Band--but it's also an extremely well written and deftly acted coming-of-age story. Both leads are excellent and the supporting cast is full of smart character actors: Judd Hirsch, Barbara Feldon (better known as "99" on Get Smart!), and Lynn Redgrave. What could be an overdone teen potboiler is given humor and realism; it treats young love seriously but with perspective, and without a trace of condescension. A truly charming and enjoyable film. --Bret FetzerComedy DVD Video
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