Script review – “Baby It’s You” by John Sayles

John Sayles does a 60s teen movie but being Sayles it's not a typical teen movie - a coming of age story about a Jewish girl and her Italian-American admirer. He's a bit of a loser, loud and dumb, not cool and criminal, but he's into her and he kidnaps her one night (in a rom com way) - so although they've got no hope as a couple (she's too sensible) and she doesn't love him - and her own college life isn't a great success, with dud boyfriends and bad acting classes - she can't stop thinking about him because no one else cared about her as much. Two great character studies, sensitively depicted. It's the sort of movie where you can understand why it wasn't a hit (too sad, too honest) but you can also see why some people really love it.