The Lords of Flatbush
The movie follows four Brooklyn teenagers known as The Lords of Flatbush. They do everything together, which makes things easier but at the same time they have to face new problems. Stanley has gotten his girlfriend pregnant, and decides to marry her. Chico, on the other hand, gets a royal brush-off from his girlfriend Jane.
11 February 1949, Brooklyn, New York, USA
13 November 1943
6 July 1946, New York City, New York, USA
23 October 1923, New York City, New York, USA
3 September 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA
1947, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
12 October 1927, Havana, Cuba
22 October 1927, USA
2 November 1913, New York City, New York, USA
19 May 1944
14 November 1952, Brooklyn, New York, USA
March 26, 2009
Not too much finesse distinguishes the script, which carries neither warmth nor particular interest for the various characters.
July 25, 2010
The film is a character piece that wanders from place to place with no single impetus, although one gets the feeling that this technique is intentional.
May 28, 2003
Affectionately done and thankfully short, since it's episodic.
July 25, 2010
The movie is adept at portraying aimlessness, getting at the greasy anomie that was so much a part of that time. But there is a lack of ambition, as if no one involved in creating the film wanted to cut deeper than a little double-edged nostalgia.
February 09, 2006
A small masterpiece that places the mood and general ethos of the '50s with absolute precision and total affection.
September 02, 2011
Harmless coming-of-age-teen gang pic.
May 09, 2005
Like first love, this study of the growing pains of the leather jacket-bobby soxer Brooklyn high school set of 1957 is, by turns, cheerful, confused, juvenile and never fully realized.
