Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

tgrbklyn After watching 20 minutes of this, i wanted to pull all of my hair out. Many important scenes were missing, and the "acting" was horrible. The movie is not a worthy adaptation of the book, as it follows no proper sequence of events. Do i recommend it? That's funny.

mm-39 The Outsiders had a all star cast of known 80's actors. C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez and Tom Cruise of course. Charlie Sheen must of been on vacation somewhere to miss out!?! Oh I forgot and Diane Lane was also part of the class. Surprisingly Matt Dillon had the stand out role as the troubled youth. Sadly, Matt Dillon became type cast as the troubled leather jacket youth the rest of the his career. Macchio, Howell and the rest did a decent job considering the material. I never read the Outsiders but the movie must of followed the book closely. The Outsiders gets across more like a book than a movie. Frequently, great books badly transition to the screen. The Outsiders has an interesting story, with a social message of what is good person? The Macchio characters vs the Dillon creates the movie's argument of Plato's what is the good person/life question? The surprise ending pounds the message! Regrettably, The Outsiders gets across more like play then a movie, with the dialog and acting. The camera and set work was like the movie 300 with a feel of a comic book. If the director/scrip write does not tweak the story and character book movies comes across as dry. Omitting characters, changing scenes, condense the story is usually done to avoid a dry story. I would not call The Outsiders a Classic movie, but not a bad movie either. 6 out of 10 stars.

kharel-niraj90 The Outsiders is a coming-of-age movie about the rivalry of two gangs, "Socs" and "Greasers" in 1960s Oklahoma. Based on the novel by S.E. Hinton and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the movie is well known for casting future stars namely, C. Thomas Howell, Emilio Estevez, Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Diane Lane and Rob Lowe.The Socs are rich kids who live in the south side of town whereas Greasers are mostly middle working class and poor kids who are from the other side of town. After an incident, the rivalry quickly escalates and they must face off each other for a final time which determines who really "owns" the town and also the fate of everyone involved.

grantss It is the 1960s and a US town is divided in two along social lines. The youths of each side form gangs in line with these two camps: the working class Greasers and the wealthier South Side gang, the Socials. The two sides use any opportunity to niggle each other and whenever they meet there is friction. Then one night a gang of Socials attack two Greasers, Johnny (Ralph Macchio) and Ponyboy (C Thomas Howell), and Johnny kills one of the Socials with a knife. This sets off a chain of events.Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, The Outsiders is a gritty, engaging exploration of social divides and the innocence of youth. We see the tensions between the social classes in the town and the consequences thereof. We also see how tragic events can make people rethink old feuds and see the bigger picture. In addition, it's a story of retaining one's innocence and sense of wonder and making the most of one's youth.In spite of the engaging plot and the profound themes, the most amazing thing about the movie is the cast. While the only known names at the time in the cast are Tom Waits and William Smith (and each of them has about 30 seconds of screen time and 2-3 lines), it is the then- unknowns whose names boggle the mind. Coppola could not have known at the time but he inadvertently cast the greatest all- star cast in the history of movies: Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Diane Lane, Matt Dillon, Emilio Estevez, Ralph Macchio, C Thomas Howell. All of these became stars, but were relatively unknown at the time.The extras even include Flea (of Red Hot Chili Peppers fame) and Heather Langenkamp (Nightmare on Elm Street).Just about every character you see is played by someone who was then unknown but later became huge. Great for star-spotting, especially to see the origins of current stars, and so many of them too.A great movie with a great, stars-in-the-making cast.