Baby It's You (1983)
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Cast
as Jill Rosen
as Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo
as Mrs. Rosen
as Dr. Rosen
as Miss Vernon
as Mr. mcManus
as Mrs. Capadilupo
as Mr. Capadilupo
as Mr. Ripeppi
as Chris
as Shelly
as Beth
as Debra
as Leslie
as Jody
as Vinnie
as Joann
as Rat
as Steve
as Barry
as Plasky
as Biff
as Miss Katz
as Barry
as Philip
as Stewart
as Georgie
as Curtis
as Laura
as Karen
as Lew
as Band Leader
as Waitress
as Jack
as Stage Manager
as Tripper
as Prom Singer
as Prom Singer
as Prom Singer
Critic Reviews for Baby It's You
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Arquette and Spano hit exactly the right note.
A labor of love for everyone involved.
As a filmmaker, Sayles still seems more likable than incisive or original, but it's a likability with a certain brilliance.
Rosanna Arquette has a way about her.
With its dark realism, rock 'n' roll delirium, and gutsy humor, Baby, It's You builds up to the mythic resonance of the finest American coming-of-age films.
A patchy romance but tough-minded and full of vividly smudged emotions
Audience Reviews for Baby It's You
Written and directed by John Sayles, "Baby It's You" is on the surface a genuinely heartfelt romance. Like a lot of Sayles' other movies(this is his only studio movie to date), it also works on a political level as it relates to perceptions and class. It is 1967 and Jill Rosen(Rosanna Arquette) is a high school senior in Trenton, New Jersey who is interested in becoming an actress and has auditioned for the lead in the school play. Sheik(Vincent Spano), a new student, asks her out for a date which she at first declines but eventually succumbs to his charm.(I thought Sheik was originally a Rudolph Valentino reference and no doubt he is handsome. I was shocked at the real reason for the nickname which is revealed late in the movie.) He is going in the opposite direction as Jill, rarely attending his own classes and occasionally attending hers. Inside of the cocoon of their high school lives and routines, Jill and Sheik come together but things change as they move out into the wider world and encounter different attitudes and people that have an effect on them. "Baby It's You" starts in a world that still resembles the 1950's in many ways set to a Frank Sinatra soundtrack but ends up in the conflicted 1960's, minus any reference to Vietnam. And to its credit, the movie does end on a truly lovely note.
Super Reviewer
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