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Baby It's You (1983)
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301415392
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0792110382
Label: Paramount
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: April 24, 2001
Running Time: 105 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: March 04, 1983
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Editorial Review:
John Sayles's third feature film was the exception that proved the rule about his need for total independence as a filmmaker. Sayles traded his final cut for studio funding, and the result was a movie that left him unhappy in its ultimate form. Nevertheless, Baby, It's You is full of dramatic elements and character nuances that are distinctively Saylesian (the director's screenplay is adapted from a novel by Amy Robinson), and the early-1960s New Jersey setting is clearly familiar territory for the Garden State's native son. Rosanna Arquette stars as Jill, a sweet, college-bound Jewish girl who develops an unlikely relationship with a macho Italian kid named "Sheik" Capodilupo (Vincent Spano). Sheik woos Jill, a girl from the good side of the tracks, with a certain determination, and while Sayles goes down this familiar path with a certain nostalgic glow, he has a larger story brewing beyond it--a story about relationships that never gel, about class assumptions, and about the painful, universal underpinnings of adolescence. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - One of the best movies I've ever seen
I absolutely love this movie. I saw it when it first came out and I fell in love with Vincent Spano. The chemistry between the two characters is believable as well as the storyline. I thought is clever how you never really new much about "The Sheik" but what you did know, made him likeable. I found myself routing for them to be together in the end. I highly recommend it. It definately was the sleeper of its time.
Rating: - A coming of age that seems real
This is one of my favorite films and, along with Lone Star, my favorite film of John Sayles. Some of Sayles' films seem to me to be emotionally removed, but not here. He's committed, and it makes all the difference.
It features Rosanna Arquette in a terrific performance that put her on the map. Vincent Spano, the other lead, is good. He's an underrated actor, imo.
The film initially seems to be one of those early 60's nostalgia pics, but soon changes its tone. It is a coming ... Read More
Rating:  - Fun time waster
High school mismatched couple drift away after high school in 1967. She's a nice Jewish girl who went to collage. He's an Italian boy who goes to Florida to lip-synch to Sinatra (his "hero") songs in a club. But they still think of each other often.
It was okay. I like the 60s and Springsteen music. The plot and acting was just fair but not a bad film to waste time watching.
Rating: - Best Coming of Age Film
For me, one of the top ten films ever made. I feel that I know Jill Rosen (Rosanna Arquette) better than most people I have known in real life. Jill is an A student. The streetwise boyfriend she discovers is not dumb. They are both very young. One wonders if either of them ever got it together. SO many endearing lines from Jill! Her college room "It's small but it's ugly." The funky gold star on the door. And when she gets drunk! I think maybe this film says when we have the least we have the most.
Rating: - Master OF The Rare LASERDISCs Movies.
I have Baby It's You [1982 ] ON LASERDISC,'Tis One Of My Favorite LOVE Stories, I'm waitin' til The DVD Comes out to get it TOO,,'tis "Sensational" Go Buy it :PP
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