jakew-53484 Review of You're a Big Boy Now

You're a Big Boy Now (1966)

Fun little movie that doesn't quite demonstrate Coppola's future genius

[6/10 · 10 August 2022]

This is a perfectly entertaining little movie. If you're a Richard Lester fan, you probably enjoy this (although it's not as good as Lester's best). The best thing here is the cast. All of the actors are great and know exactly how to play what kind of roles their in. Another great thing is the soundtrack provided by Lovin' Spoonful. Fun songs that set the mood of the picture well. It is interesting the ways in which this film proceeds The Graduate in term of it's subject matter. However, at this point, Coppola simply did not command his craft as a writer or a director enough to give the story what it needed to become truly special, as Nichols would a year later.