Buddies Bryon (Craig Sheffer) and Mark (Emilio Estevez) have grown up together in the same house after a tragedy in Mark's family. In their last year of high school, the two begin to grow apart as Bryon sees a different future and Mark wants to continue his hellraising ways. Based on the novel by S. E. Hinton (who also authored The Outsiders and Tex), this movie is a combination of good and bad. Director Christopher Cain handles it all well, but sometimes the script (by Emilio Estevez, his first foray behind the camera) is overly melodramatic. Sheffer is good as the lead and Morgan Freeman is great in a important supporting role. They filmed in Minnesota, so like similar films such as Reckless (1984), it captures that area of America well.
Review of That Was Then... This Is Now
