Old Enough

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Old Enough
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Directed by	Marisa Silver
Written by	Marisa Silver
Produced by	Dina Silver
Starring	Sarah Boyd Rainbow Harvest Danny Aiello Alyssa Milano Neill Barry Roxanne Hart Susan Kingsley Fran Brill Gerry Bamman Anne Pitoniak Charlie Willenger Michael Monetti Manny Jacobs Gina Battist Paul Butler
Cinematography	Michael Ballhaus
Edited by	Mark Burns
Music by	Julian Marshall
Production company	Silver Films
Distributed by	Orion Classics
Release date	August 24, 1984 (1984-08-24)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Old Enough is a 1984 American drama film written and directed by Marisa Silver, and produced by Dina Silver. It's also Alyssa Milano's film debut. A low-budget production, the film screened at the Sundance Film Festival,^[1] where it won first prize.^[2]

Plot[]

In New York City, Karen (Rainbow Harvest) is a streetwise teen from a working class family. Karen pursues a friendship with 11-year-old Lonnie (Sarah Boyd) after Lonnie watches Karen and her brother Johnny (Neil Barry) playing a game outside of their apartment while Lonnie is on her way to day camp. Lonnie is from an upper-class family. As their friendship develops over the course of the summer, they expose each other to the very different lifestyles they live. In the process, they learn lessons each culture has to offer. The situation becomes complicated when Karen's brother, Johnny (Neill Barry), shows interest in Lonnie and Lonnie begins to develop a crush on him. Soon, a sensual new neighbor (Roxanne Hart) moves into Karen's apartment building, and Johnny becomes slightly infatuated with her. Circumstances arise that test Karen and Lonnie's friendship.

Cast[]

• Lonnie Sloan - Sarah Boyd
• Karen Bruckner - Rainbow Harvest
• Johnny Bruckner - Neill Barry
• Mr. Bruckner - Danny Aiello
• Diane Sloan - Alyssa Milano
• Mrs. Sloan - Fran Brill^[3]
• Mr. Sloan - Gerry Bamman^[4]
• Carla - Roxanne Hart
• Sarah - Tristine Skyler

Reception[]

In a review in Maclean's, Gerald Peary wrote "Nothing greatly consequential happens in the movie, but its strength lies in Silver’s keen observation of the girls’ telling moments in preteenage life, of how time passes when no adults are about...Silver’s first feature is vastly entertaining and an impressive debut."^[5]

Accolades[]

The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1984 Sundance Film Festival.

References[]

External links[]

• Old Enough at IMDb

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