On April 2, 1982, MGM unveiled writer-director Barry Levinson's feature debut at the New York Film Festival.
In fact, Levinson and producer Jerry Weintraub could easily have tagged this “Five Friends” since it covers a welded series of incidents in the post-high school lives of five pals as they begin groping for footholds in the world. The peg, picked by Levinson on which to hang his story, is the upcoming marriage of one of the quintet amid some self-doubts, which leads to interspliced inspections of the lives of the other four.
One is already married, and finds it difficult to talk to his young wife , since, before marital vows, their relationship was primarily based on discussing or trying for sex, something now taken for granted. Another is a ladies’ man who works as a hairdresser by day, goes to law school by night and has a penchant for gambling that ultimately gets him into some serious scrapes.
Levinson, both as a writer and director, slowly unveils each gent, using the Fells Point Diner as their hub and playing much of the action at night, which gives much of the film a dark attractive and almostmood. Although several scenes appear to be improvised — especially a great encounter between Guttenberg and Paul Reiser over some food at the diner — there’s clearly a strong script here,heavy drama but otherwise richly endowed.
The acting, and the rapport between the performers, is excellent down the line, beginning with Guttenberg, who is attractively subdued from his Betty Hutton imitation in. Only during a dance bit in a strip joint does the Hutton side reemerge, otherwise he is wonderfully under control, although he is a bit much to swallow as a virgin .
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