Charming, bittersweet documentary following a bunch of male friends who grew up in the streets and playgrounds of Brooklyn in the early 60s, and follows them from early boyhood, through drugs, sex, Vietnam, etc. in the later 60s and into the 70s, and onwards to marriage, divorce, careers and sometimes awful losses.
The men are mostly charming and honest, and while in some ways this is like a Sienfeld documentary; 'about nothing', it successfully captures a time and a place and is frequently funny and sometimes quite moving.
If I have any complain it's that between the many characters followed, and the short running tine, some of the stories get short shrift. Also, there are some amateurish visual techniques. But none of these seriously undermine a lovely film of humanity and humor.
The men are mostly charming and honest, and while in some ways this is like a Sienfeld documentary; 'about nothing', it successfully captures a time and a place and is frequently funny and sometimes quite moving.
If I have any complain it's that between the many characters followed, and the short running tine, some of the stories get short shrift. Also, there are some amateurish visual techniques. But none of these seriously undermine a lovely film of humanity and humor.