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You're a Big Boy Now

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You're a Big Boy Now (1966)

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Reviews Counted:9

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Average Rating:6.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: One of Francis Ford Coppola's earliest films, YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW is a wacky joy ride back to the 1960s. In New York City, 19-year-old Bernard Chanticleer (Peter Kastner) is a library clerk,... One of Francis Ford Coppola's earliest films, YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW is a wacky joy ride back to the 1960s. In New York City, 19-year-old Bernard Chanticleer (Peter Kastner) is a library clerk, roller-skating between the stacks of the New York Public Library. Bernard moves away from home and the clutches of his overprotective parents (Geraldine Page and Rip Torn) and into a boardinghouse run by the spinster Miss Thing (Julie Harris). He soon gets a crash course in women by way of Amy (Karen Black), a library assistant who falls in love with him, and Barbara Darling (Elizabeth Hartman), a wacky Greenwich Village actress/go-go dancer. Bernard tries hard to lead the life of a swinging playboy like his friend Raef (Tony Bill), but his love of milk, his mother's nagging, and his dog named Dog all seem to get in his way. Over the course of the film, the clumsy, naive Bernard becomes a man--but not before his heart gets broken once or twice. The Lovin' Spoonful performs the music for the film, including the title track. [More]

Starring: Elizabeth Hartman, Peter Kastner, Geraldine Page, Julie Harris

Starring: Elizabeth Hartman, Peter Kastner, Geraldine Page, Julie Harris, Michael Dunn, Tony Bill, Karen Black, Dolph Sweet

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Phil Feldman
Composer: Robert Prince

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Significant as an early example of the developing talent of one of the most important (if not the most important) American directors of the 1970s.

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Francis Coppola has drawn topflight performances from his talented cast.

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12/11/07
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Coppola's style had healthy roots in the screwball comedies of the '30s, and the glorious performances litter the film with moments to treasure.

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Emanuel Levy
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A magnetically exasperating comic strip of a movie.

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05/09/05
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Coppola has fun directing, and his film is filled with sight jokes, high-spirited performances and a lively sound track by the Lovin' Spoonful.

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Really nifty coming-of-age story from the young Coppola.

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An uneven effort that has both its funny and dull moments, but has since remained popular as a cult favorite.

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07/27/03
Dennis Schwartz
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Coppola's spaced-out sex comedy is a cross between The Graduate and Funny Face, drunk on its own kooky excesses.

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