The Wanderers

The protagonists of The Wanderers casually use racial slurs that would code them as bad guys in a film made today, and there's a quite uncomfortable scene where they harass women in the street, yet we're still expected to see them as basically sympathetic characters. No doubt when it was released some four decades ago, their behaviour was viewed much less harshly than it would be today (see, we are making progress as a species!). These are the disconnects we sometimes face when watching older films. With an engaging cast and a stonking 60s soundtrack, The Wanderers is an entertaining coming of age tale with the courage to not give its characters any pat answers to their troubles. If the opening paragraph didn't put you off (and I understand if it did), then it's worth a look.

There are some humans that closer resemble the remains of a wet paper bag after a turd has fallen through it that are whimpering about this movie. Its late 50s Americana with all the greaser attitude and more, historic fiction , love it. 👍

This movie is great fun. It's fairly well known in cult circles. Even my parents liked this, my Dad bought the Soundtrack, you could only get it on vinyl.