dustydaisy
Joined May 2017
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My best friend and I loved this movie when we were young teenagers. Even in our late 50s now, we still talk about it! Rex was every girl's dream and he was beautiful in this movie. It's a little 70s cringy in some spots, with the cropped t-shirts, head bands and tube socks, but so sweet and romantic in the rest. It will always make me remember what it felt like to be a young girl and wanting to be loved by a young man. It is the ultimate feel good movie. It will always conjure sweet memories for me. My best friend and I in our sleeping bags and PJs, our eyes glued on Rex and wishing we could be Jesse for just one minute!
This was a sweet love story, although it left me longing for more background, clarification and character development. The flashbacks were not enough. Why does Sophie live alone? What happened to her parents? How old was she? Answers to these questions would have made her character much more interesting. Would have loved to know more about Mr. Ota and his family background as well, besides the fact that they grew apples! I think this story could have been so much richer had the screenwriter delved deeper into these characters' lives. The movie was touching and interesting and the chemistry between Ota and Sophie was good. But the whole film seemed too superficial. It did touch accurately on the attitude of Americans toward the Japanese Americans during WW2. However, I think in typical Hollywood fashion, it put people of faith in an unfair and negative light. Not all southern churchgoers were cruel toward minorities, but it did happen. I think my favorite character was the maid. She had a confident pride, but also could feel empathy toward Mr. Ota as a black woman in the south. She knew what it was like to be outcast for her skin color. It was such a poignant moment in the film when is the one to wash off the words "dirty Jap" from the wall. She knew his pain.
This movie was a lovely story but I feel it could have been so much more had we really known the characters and what their backstories were.
This movie was a lovely story but I feel it could have been so much more had we really known the characters and what their backstories were.