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American Graffiti (1973)






American Graffiti The basic story
The high school graduates Curt and Steve are spending their last night, before going off to college, cruising around the city with their friends. Curt is not sure he really want to go, and Steve can't get away fast enough.

This turns out to be an eventful night.


How was it?
Bland! Not a bad movie per se, just not very interesting either. It has a few good parts, but the various small stories, making up the movie, did not work well together, in my opinion.

The outcome, that Curt is the one leaving and Steve the one staying behind with his girlfriend is not a surprising or original ending. The way the characters emphasize, in the beginning, how much Steve want to leave and Curt not being sure he want to go, you just know from the beginning, that it will end up with Curt leaving and Steve staying.


Rating
★★★★★


112 min.
Color


- Michael Pilgaard