Review – Stand by Me

If you rent this great god of pre-teen buddy movies, be prepared for more twelve-year-old male bonding than you can shake a stick at. This picture is based on a Stephen King novella in which four lads stray off into the woods in search of a dead body. Sprinkled throughout are a whole bunch of 50s-era nostalgia and  memories of childhood. I can’t speak to the 50s stuff, but the childhood business starts to ring a little false after awhile. Maybe if you’re that age or especially fond of your memories of being that age you’ll get a real kick out of this one. Otherwise it’s just kinda a sad waste of a really good old Motown song. See if desperate