Old Enough 1984

Runtime

92 mins

Language

English

English

Twelve‑year‑old Lonnie, raised in a privileged home, meets fourteen‑year‑old Karen, a bold streetwise girl, during a summer together. Karen introduces Lonnie to makeup, shoplifting, skipping school and lying to his parents, later leading to a confession to a priest. In turn, Lonnie’s honesty influences Karen. The film explores social differences and the challenges of growing up.

Twelve‑year‑old Lonnie, raised in a privileged home, meets fourteen‑year‑old Karen, a bold streetwise girl, during a summer together. Karen introduces Lonnie to makeup, shoplifting, skipping school and lying to his parents, later leading to a confession to a priest. In turn, Lonnie’s honesty influences Karen. The film explores social differences and the challenges of growing up.

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Eleven-year-old Lonnie Sarah Boyd and fourteen-year-old Karen Rainbow Harvest live on the same street in New York’s Lower East Side, but they come from different worlds. Lonnie lives with her well-off family in an upscale townhouse with her parents and little sister Diane Alyssa Milano. Karen comes from a working-class, devoutly Catholic family that includes her father, the superintendent of their apartment building, her mother, and older brother Johnny Neill Barry. The two girls strike up a friendship one summer day after Lonnie sees Karen and Johnny hanging out with other neighborhood kids. The impressionable Lonnie is drawn to Karen’s older age and street-smarts, and she starts skipping out on day camp to hang out with her.

Their friendship encounters difficulties when Karen tries to blend in with Lonnie’s social environment. Lonnie invites Karen to an annual summer dance she goes to, where Karen does not fit in with the other kids. Karen steals some money from one of Lonnie’s friends, which causes a brief disagreement between the two. Their friendship is also tested when Carla, Roxanne Hart, a new tenant, moves into Karen’s building. Misunderstandings occur when Karen suspects her father of having an affair with Carla, but Lonnie knows the truth. The story tracks how two girls from different backgrounds navigate trust, boundaries, and the complexities of growing up together in a busy city landscape.

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Cars Featured in Old Enough

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AMC

1975

Pacer

Buick

1975

Apollo

Buick

1971

Skylark Custom

Cadillac

1978

Sedan DeVille

Capri

1973

MkI

Chevrolet

1976

Camaro

Chevrolet

1980

Citation

Chevrolet

1980

Impala

Chevrolet

1971

Nova

Chevrolet

1973

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Girls Wanna Have Fun 足够老 足夠老

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