who doesn't love movies about mental patients? :P anyway, this movie is wonderful, though obviously dated.
Clifton James, Howard Da Silva, Jaime Sanchez
Oscar-nominated director Frank Perry tells the story of David (Keir Dullea), a disturbed young man who's afraid of being touched but finds intimacy with Lisa (Janet Margolin), a young woman suffering ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 29, 1999
Stats: 65 reviews
Flixster Reviews (65)
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August 24, 2009
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January 19, 2009
this film is incredibly poignant and well done, from the fantastic story to the wonderful performances to the gorgeous black and white cinematography. there just aren't that many films out there that are this good. maybe the subject material of teenage mental illness is just too ...( read more)
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August 28, 2008
for a movie that came out 3 years before I was born.I did not think I was going to enjoy this movie.But at 3 in the morning sometimes its TMC.an enfomerchial is out of the Question.
The movie was qurkie sweet and well acted with a predicitibal plot but thats what your rooting ...( read more) -
June 14, 2008
Very moving love story about a boy who doesn't like to be touched and a girl who speaks in rhymes finding each other in a mental institution.
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December 15, 2007
I didn't really pay attention to all of it, but I really loved the parts where David and Lisa were together.
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December 13, 2007
The 1998 version with Sidney Poitier. Moving, unusual love story and slant on life.
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