Lucas

Long before he was forced by obscurity and/or poverty to try selling his teeth on the Internet for cash, Corey Haim had a brief heydey in mid-1980's films. (SEE HAIM ALSO IN "SILVER BULLET" AND "THE LOST BOYS.") This charming film from writer/director David Seltzer is the best. I was delighted to find this on DVD at Amazon,com, and equally delighted to find, after all these years, that the movie retains all of its charm. Haim plays Lucas, a scrawny geek who doesn't fit in anywhere. He covers his pain by being goofy and outspoken. We know little of his home life. We hear his dad is "alcoholic" and nobody knows where his mother is.Lucas is smart and sensitive. Lucas loves insects and classical music. He soon falls in love with Maggie (Kerri Green) the new girl in town. The two begin a touching friendship, but things change a bit once school starts. Maggie cares for Lucas, but falls for sensitive/sexy football player Cap (Charlie Sheen). Meanwhile, Lucas never notices that Rena (Winona Ryder in her film debut) has a crush on him. Instead, he joins the football team in order to prove his "prowess" and attractiveness to females. Lucas nearly gets himself killed, but he gains the respect of the entire school. There is one unfortunate moment in a football team locker room/shower scene where a negative term for "gay" (The Other "F" word) is used. That is unnecessary, but brief. This is almost compensated for by the fact that, even here at age 22. Charlie Sheen is smolderingly sexy. Sheen appears in a lengthy scene without a shirt on, and I say "Thank You, God!" for that. Gratuitous, yes, but I'm extremely grateful. You could watch this movie and play a game of "Whatever Became Of..." ? as several members of the young cast, including Jeremy Piven, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Ryder, and Charlie Sheen went on to notable careers. I think Sheen and Green appeared together in another film at the same time period titled "THREE FOR THE ROAD". If anybody knows where I can pick that one up, please let me know; and, does anybody know whatever happened to Kerri Green? I'd like to know. And, say what you will about his messy private life or controversial political views, Sheen is a survivor who has worked for a stable, solid career. Whatever individual fates may have befallen the cast, and the sad fact that Haim has virtually vanished off the world radar, "LUCAS" holds up remarkably well; well enough, in fact, to achieve a poignant timelessness and be acknowledged as one of the "CLASSIC" teen films of the 1980's era. The double sided DVD includes both Full Screen and Wide-Screen presentations of the film

This 1986 film was directed by David Seltzer, and stars Corry Haim, as Lucas. It was his break-through film demonstrating a promising, young, talented actor in the title role. This sleeper also stars a bevy of young talented newcomers such as Winona Ryder, (her debut), Charlie Sheen, and Kerri Green, none of which disappoint, but give terrific performances.This is a touching coming of age story about a nerdy 14 year old boy who because of his high I.Q. has been thrust into High School with much older kids that he can’t relate to. Most of the kids don’t know what to think of him either so they tease and embarrass him.This is the shape of Lucas’ life until during the summer he meets a pretty girl who is new in town. She finds it easy to talk to Lucas which starts a friendship between them. All is good until school starts again and she falls for the Captain of the football team. Thus, starts Lucas on the path of doing whatever it takes to win her for himself.What separates this film from numerous teen movies is the director’s treatment of the subject as deep and thoughtful. This along with the performance of Corry Haim, as a sensitive boy going through his first pangs of love sickness makes this little known gem a pure delight.

Love Cory Haims that past away long time ago and live this movie

This is such a Powerful Movie!!!:) When I first watched this movie on cable on my On Demand it had a lot of heart and a lot of funny stuff and heartbroken stuff. It's about a 14 year old boy who Loves a Girl who's just 2 years older then him but likes somebody else. I've been there myself from Elem. School and High-School! After the 14 year old boy meets this girl playing tennis The Girl just wants to be friends which Hurts a lot because he loves what he sees in her and she thinks otherwise about him! I'm still going through that myself as an adult looking for love and Tired of getting hurt from women who has it reversed, HOT on the outside and RUDE on the inside!!! I'm hoping that will change for me!!! Anyway the 14 year old boy tries to convince the girl that he can do normal things and gets hurt very badly and almost dies. It has a Powerful Ending but still hurts the 14 year old who wishes that girl was his!!! Kerri Green who Played " That Girl" is HOT and SEXY in this Movie!!!:)

While Lucas is a touching story of a boy who wants to impress a girl by changing his image regardless of the fact that nature dictates otherwise, this movie is worth seeing just to stare at Charlie Sheen who is in his teens at the time of this film. Why is he so beautiful? N-E way, he is really cool in this movie which only adds to his complete and total hotness. What I like about this movie is how confident Lucas is. He is a nerd but can he really be described as a nerd? He likes bugs and he is really smart, but he is very confident, not at all a victim, even though his life is a sad and tragic story with a absent mother and alcoholic father that is not seen but only talked about during the film. He lives in a ratty old trailer park and works for a gardner. He is bullied on a regular basis but endlessly fights back against the bullies. In a constant battle to demand his right to exist he finally earns the respect of his peers in a very moving and powerful end.

This film is predictable and rather winsome, exploring the experiences of a young boy coming of age. He’s the typical geek faced with hazing from jocks. The storyline reminds me a great deal of Revenge of the Nerds, only there is one central character here rather than two.

il film è arrivato prima del previsto cosa di cui ne sono molto contenta , perfettamente imaballato , ottimo servizio :) del film che dire , lo adoro ... Winona Ryder meravigliosa !!!

Petit film que j'avais vu il y a longtemps, tres tres longtemps ! et bien j'ai pris autant de plaisir a le revoir aujourd'hui ! on passe un trés bon moment avec ce film gentil , sympa ... vous découvrirez certains acteurs à leurs débuts, c'est marrant !A voir !

Corey Haim didn't make many memorable films in his short career. Secret Admirer (1985). Silver Bullet (1985). Murphy's Romance (1985). The Lost Boys (1987). Watchers (1988). They were all good films, but drugs disabled what could have been a promising career and they killed him in the end. I have always thought, though, that Haim's stand-out performance is in the film Lucas (1986). The film is written and directed by David Seltzer (The Omen) and co-stars Kerri Green (The Goonies), Charlie Sheen (Platoon), Winona Ryder (Beetlejuice), and Jeremy Piven (Judgement Night).Haim plays Lucas, a highly intelligent and eccentric 14-year old, who befriends and quickly falls in love with Maggie (Kerri Green). She is new in town and has not met anyone from the area except for Lucas, who is slightly younger than she is. High school is still out and they spend the summer together, Lucas introducing her to his weird hobbies and explaining to her how most people are superficial. They become very close, but Lucas keeps two things from her: he comes from a poor home (he tells Maggie that the big house where he does gardening is where he lives); he also doesn't admit his true feelings for her. Things change and become very complicated when it is time to go back to school.Maggie falls in love with Cappie (Charlie Sheen), who is the same age as her and captain of the high school football team, but he already has a girlfriend, Alise (Courtney Thorne-Smith), a cheerleader. Lucas is still in love with Maggie and it doesn't go down well when she joins the (superficial) cheerleading squad to get close to Cappie. Lucas is also bullied by most of the guys on the football team - except Cappie, who feels sorry for him and looks after him - because of his short stature, limited social skills, and eccentricities. Then there is Rina (Winona Ryder), the same age as Lucas, equally unconventional, plays in the school band with him, and has a crush on him.There is enough here to ensure a great story with lots of laughs and drama. Haim plays the character of Lucas without fault and his performance is testament to his true acting ability that was seldom given a chance after The Lost Boys. It is hard to pin Lucas down to a specific genre, because there is so much going on throughout. It is a very sad film in parts, sometimes very funny; the correct genre terminology in literature for such a story is tragicomedy, the juxtaposition of the tragic and the comic. That is Lucas, the film and the boy. For a teen film there is a lot of depth to the characters and the story and, although not a box office hit, the film deservedly garnered very positive reviews.Haim's co-stars, Green and Sheen, would later star together in Three for the Road (1987).

Il film in sè è carino, tipica commedia americana anni ottanta, sullo stile di Breakfast Club...e Winona Ryder è uno spettacolo.

I really love this movie, Corey Haim did a great job playing this role, brilliant... It made me sad, because of Lucas situastions and it made me laugh... because Lucas is also funny and talk back to those who are mean to him.Peolpe who likes drama should buy/see this, also it might take you back to school, remembering how it was falling in love, maybe being a bit different etc.I think everyone should see this movie :)RIP Corey Haim