Outsiders

Pros: Great movie that mirrors society. Fracis Ford Coppola. The slew of great actors.
Cons: None

Ladies and gentlemen there is war raging out of control within our society. The hot dog condiment bar within ballparks, picnics, barbecues, and carnivals is the battleground where this war is taking place. Mustard, ketchup, relish, and onions are...

Pros: Outstanding performances Macchio, Estevez and C. Thomas Howell
Cons: Inauthentic in much the same way as the popular fiction that inspired it

This film has to go down in film history as one the the most underrated of movies created since 1950. The reason for this is that the majority of the audience who saw it in 1983, as well as the audience that rents it now, rents it because of the the book...

Pros: A fine young cast, good performances
Cons: Too much emphasis on cinematic style and lighting buries the story and performances

When I was still a senior at South Miami High and a member of the school newspaper staff and Ms. Perry’s first-period drama class, I was talked into going to see Francis Ford Coppola’s film adaptation of S. E. Hinton’s ...

Pros: Great movie
Cons: Kinda sad.

Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders was made in 1983. I saw it for myself in 1986 when I was only 6 years old. My older sisters had watched it and I watched with them. Because I had a crush on a few of the main characters, I loved the movie when I was a ...

Pros: The re-cut version of this classic movie is closer to the book version
Cons: The new music score isn't better than the original

This is a review of the new two-disc special edition version of the movie which is a little different than the original theatrical release. When I heard that this movie was going to be re-cut and re-released in a special edition, I was ...

Pros: Matt Dillon; Nice scenes very early on
Cons: Heavy-handed treatment; weepy sentimentality

Francis Coppola directs The Outsiders as if he's shooting "Gone With the Wind". The characters and story don't hold up under the weight. The movie is based on a popular S. E. Hinton novel and Coppola would go on to direct another...

Pros: great actors, story
Cons: too short

I have to say, that when I was in high school, I must have seen this movie about 100 times, literaly. I really loved it.
S.E. Heaton's books about coming of age were all excellent, and loosely based upon life experiences.
The cast in this...

Pros: Keeps you interested, great cast of characters, can't say enough about this movie!
Cons: Honestly, I can't think of anything.

Growing up in the 80's, I noticed quite a few movies that used the 50s and 60s as the timeframe, The Outsiders is one of the films that did this... and a fine job if I might add. The movie was released in 1983, and based on the book from S.E. Hinton. ...

Pros: Realistic, It Happens! They never had a prayer.
Cons: Anyone Who Lived There Knows There Are None.

I didn't see 'The Outsiders' until it was shown in a Social Work class I was taking at the university. I cried all the way through it, because I kept remembering how it was in the ghetto of Fresno, CA. My parents had rentals there, and we spent most of...

Pros: Excellent portrayl of all the characters that were beautifully detailed in the original novel
Cons: Some weak instrumental background music

The Outsiders film, directed wonderfully by Francis Ford Coppola, is based on the book of the same name by 1960's teen novelist, S.E. Hinton. It was a launcher for the careers of many, now, well-known actors including Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Matt...

Pros: Good performance by Ralph Macchio
Cons: Everything else

Having already written a review of the book on which this movie was based, and making some people kind of mad in the process, it wouldn't seem that there is a whole lot more to say about this story of teens from the wrong side of the tracks who just...

Pros: great cast, true to the novel
Cons: short running time

The shortcoming of most novels made into movies is that the movie doesn't live up to the novel. Events of the plot might be changed, character development might fall by the wayside, or the vision of the director might be different to that of the author...

Pros: good performances, a hint of the book's emotional power
Cons: inflated sense of importance

Francis Coppola's movie version of S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders suffers from having too good of a pedigree. It might have come off better if a lesser-known director had been at the helm. The movie takes the book's references to Gone With the Wind...

Pros: Great movie, will make you cry. You really feel for these kids.
Cons: Old, but it doesn't matter seems how it takes place in the past anyways

The Cast
The Outsiders is jam packed with stars.
Matt Dillon--Dallas
Thomas Howell--PonyBoy
Patrick Swayze--Darrel
Ralph Macchio--Johnny
Rob Lowe--SodaPop
Emilio Estevez--Two-Bit
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Pros: Excellant movie
Cons: may be hard to find in video stores

This movie appears on the surface to be yet another story of social differences affecting teenagers. Good vs. Bad, East vs. West,etc. In this , its the soshes( social) and the greasers in small town Oklahoma. While the conflict is central, this movie...