Synopsis:

Based on Stephen King's Short story "The Body", "Stand By Me" tells the tale of Gordie Lachance, a writer who looks back on his preteen days when he and three close friends went on their own adventure to find the body of a kid their age who had gone missing and presumed dead. The stakes are upped when the bad kids in town are closely tailing - and it becomes a race to see who'll be able to recover the body first.

Michael's Rating: A : I know that it's an older movie, but I bought it recently and have watched it a bunch of times.  A true classic in my book!!

The Freak's Rating: A : Once in a while a story comes along that can capture your imagination and perfectly summarize a time period in your life.  Stand By Me is such a film.  I must have seen this film fifty times growing up.  Filmmakers perfectly captured what it is to be a boy, preteen.  The self-loathing of Vern, the second child syndrome of Gordy, the cockiness through humor of Teddy and the maturity of Chris are all perfectly portrayed by their respective actors.  Each of us has a piece of each of them and relation to the characters on screen was simple and effective.

Following the boys on their adventure is like growing up.  Hearing stories around a campfire and getting into juvenile discussions over who would win in fights between Superman and Mighty Mouse are part of being a kid.  Having a master of literature, Stephen King, assist in the screenplay adaptation was a stroke of genius on Sony's part and this film flows beautifully.  Dialogue is a little periodic and over the top at times, keeping it from perfection, but this is a welcome part to any movie collection and deserving of repeat viewings.

Sebastian's Rating: A+ : brilliant movie. a story about friendship and compassion. I only saw this movie a couple of weeks ago whilst my computor broke down. only a couple of years older than these boys, i realise how imporrtant friends are in life, and how you should stick with them.

This movie is brilliant in everyway. its depressing, sad and emotional, exciting and engaging, and all together just a greta movie, one of the best of all times.

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