Columbia Pictures
Directed by Gordon Parks, Jr.
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Teenager Aaron lives with his single dad, a washed-out football pro who runs a diner and drinks too much. His advice to Aaron is to not worry about winning or losing his basketball games but just score as many points as possible. Aaron falls in love with Puerto Rican girl Irene Cara, which causes racial tensions among his friends and neighbors. He secretly furnishes a room in a condemned building where they can have their first sexual experience together. A drug deal gone bad nearby leaves him with a briefcase full of cash, which puts him in a moral dilemma. This teenage romance can't quite escape the feel of an after school drama, but it does have authentic mid 70s period flavor due to NYC locations and natural performances.
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