Synopsis
When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
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Cast
- C. Thomas HowellPonyboy Curtis
- Matt DillonDallas Winston
- Ralph MacchioJohnny Cade
- Patrick SwayzeDarrel Curtis
- Rob LoweSodapop Curtis
- Emilio EstevezTwo-Bit Matthews
- Tom CruiseSteve Randle
- Glenn WithrowTim Shepard
- Diane LaneCherry Valance
- Leif GarrettBob Sheldon
- 75
Boston Globe
The director gives us a small, sincere and nearly perfectly realized film about adolescence in Oklahoma, aptly entitled The Outsiders. [24 Mar 1983] - 75
Rolling Stone
Francis Coppola's revision of his 1983 film of S.E. Hinton's best seller The Outsiders is funny, touching and revelatory, with twenty-two minutes of added footage and a new soundtrack featuring Elvis Presley. [Review of re-release] - 75
TV Guide Magazine
The charismatic Dillon is a believable delinquent and gets solid support from a cast that went on to populate some of the better youth pictures in years to come. [Review of re-release] - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
Coppola's teenagers seem trapped inside too many layers of storytelling. - 60
Variety
Francis Coppola has made a well acted and crafted but highly conventional film out of S.E. Hinton's popular youth novel, The Outsiders. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
As a movie, it's mediocre. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
This is an honestly moving, ungainly film. [25 Mar 1983] - 30
Time
Alas, The Outsiders is not quite a good one. Because it falls in with the undulating rhythm of the life of its heroes, for whom a fatal fight and a quiet night have almost equal importance, the picture never manages to reach the peaks of satisfying Hollywood melodrama.