Just Looking (1999)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Jason Alexander

Writer (WGA):

Marshall Karp (written by)

Release Date:

23 May 2003 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A teenage boy from the Bronx is sent to Brooklyn to live with his Aunt and new Uncle one summer in the 1950's...

Plot Keywords:

1950s | Older Woman Younger Man | Extramarital Affair | Coming Of Age | Voyeurism

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Richard V. Licata	...	Mort Polinsky
Marcell Rosenblatt	...	Mrs. Edelberg
Ryan Merriman	...	Lenny Levine
Patti LuPone	...	Sylvia Levine Polinsky
Deirdre O'Connell	...	Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Heather Hopwood	...	Myrna
Alex Sobol	...	Marty
Ilana Levine	...	Norma De Lorenzo
Peter Onorati	...	Phil De Lorenzo
Shirl Bernheim	...	Mrs. Glantz
Joey Franquinha	...	John Zarkotoli (as Joseph Franquinha)
Chevi Colton	...	Mrs. Crescetelli
Robert Weil	...	Guido
Gretchen Mol	...	Hedy Coletti
Amy Braverman	...	Alice Moran

Also Known As:

Cherry Pink (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Iceland:L | Spain:13 | USA:R | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Dongan Hills, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Sweetland Films

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Jason Alexander]during the block party scene, right after Hedy introduces her boyfriend Dr. Flynn to Lenny, Johnny, and Lenny's parents. After the camera pans the guitar player and accordion player in the band, you see Jason Alexander wearing a brown hat and dancing with his wife, Daena E. Title.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the last scene of the movie Lenny gets into a car with bandages on his hands, but the bandages are missing during close-ups of his hands holding a framed photograph.

Quotes:

Barbara: In the "sex club" we only talk about sex, we don't actual do it.
Lenny: That's okay I would not want to get anyone pregnant.
Alice: Oh you don't have to worry about that Barbara can't get pregnant, she has not started her period yet.
Barbara: Hey.
Lenny: What?

Movie Connections:

References The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Quaint teenage angst.

Although there have been countless films on teenage yearnings and lust, occasionally a little gem crops up. Just Looking is one such film, a gentle but frank script with the occasional comic one liners thrown in is a harmless and entertaining film with a feel good ending.