Synopsis
A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.
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Cast
- Corey HaimLucas
- Kerri GreenMaggie
- Charlie SheenCappie
- Winona RyderRina
- Courtney Thorne-SmithAlise
- Tom HodgesBruno
- Guy BoydCoach
- Jeremy PivenSpike
- Kevin WixtedTonto
- Emily SeltzerMarie
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
Lucas is one of the year's best films, and although its three stars are all teenagers, I doubt if anyone of any age will give more sensitive and effective performances this year. - 90
Los Angeles Times
Lucas is as irresistible as its slight, brilliant, bespectacled 14-year-old hero (Corey Haim), a kid who in his spare time catches insects in a net--but only to study them, not to kill them. - 88
ReelViews
Lucas manages to be touching, sad, thoughtful, funny, and joyous - it's a nearly-perfect portrait of the incredible highs and lows that accompany the high school journey of a square peg who doesn't fit into a round hole. - 80
Empire
An uncliched teen movie that features terrific performances from a young cast. - 80
Time Out
More subdued and much more honest that any of John Hughes' egregious forays into adolescence, the film's only drawback is an artificially upbeat ending. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Seltzer's characters are real; and Haim, Green, and Sheen play them wonderfully. As a result LUCAS is not just a film for teenagers but for anyone who has ever been a teenager. - 70
The New York Times
No, it's not a daringly original plot and yes, it is sentimental, but Mr. Seltzer handles his small story as gently as Lucas handles the baby locust he finds in the road. - 70
Washington Post
Lucas is about as likable as this kind of movie ever gets.At the heart of Lucas is an interesting idea -- a Woody Allen movie for kids, with a bespectacled, nerdy hero -- that never gets developed. Still, director David Seltzer has kept it low-key, sweet and personal -- it's like a nice "Afterschool Special."
