Review of Shag (1989) by Hal Hinson for Washington Post — 03 May 2015
The picture is heartfelt and naive in ways that seem totally secondhand. The questions it asks -- This boy or that boy? Should I or shouldn't I? -- have been played out in countless other coming-of-age films, from "Where the Boys Are" to "Dirty Dancing.
" And though the palpable enthusiasm of its creators carries you further into the film, and further into the lives of the four friends than you might otherwise go, it is eventually replaced with a sense of weariness at the worn-thin material.
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This review of Shag (1989) was written by Hal Hinson and published by Washington Post on 03 May 2015.
Shag has generally received mixed reviews.
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