Old Enough

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Old Enough
Old Enough VHS cover
Directed by	Marisa Silver
Produced by	Dina Silver
Written by	Marisa Silver
Starring	Sarah Boyd Rainbow Harvest Danny Aiello Alyssa Milano Nell Barry Roxanne Hart Susan Kingsley
Distributed by	Orion Classics
Release date(s)	August 24, 1984
Running time	91 min.
Language	English
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Old Enough is a 1984 teen-oriented movie. It stars Sarah Boyd, Rainbow Harvest, Danny Aiello, Nell Barry, Roxanne Hart, Alyssa Milano and Susan Kingsley.

Placed in middle 1980s New York, Old Enough is the story of a young, poor girl; (played by Harvest, who wears a striking resemblance to Winona Ryder); whose father (played by Aiello) is the owner of the run down apartment complex where they live at, as well as a handy-man, and her friend, a rich, uptown girl (played by Boyd). Milano, in her film debut, plays Boyd's sister.

A low budget production, this movie went on to win various awards.

[edit] Plot

The poor girl, who has been educated by local nuns in a Catholic church, is very street wise and a rebel, and she teaches her rich friend how to do such things as stealing and surviving on the streets. The rich girl, meanwhile, teaches her friend what living like a rich person is like, and the fact that they live so differently brings them closer to each other.

The situation becomes complicated when Boyd's character falls in love with her friend's brother (played by Barry). They share a few kisses during the course of the movie. Soon, a sensual new neighbor (played by Hart) moves into the apartment complex, and Barry's character falls in love with her. Harvest's character goes to check out the new neighbor's apartment, and finds a set of handyman's tools. Convinced it is her father, not her brother, who is having an affair with the newcomer, she summons her best friend's help to try to find out for sure if her father is having an affair with the woman. Boyd's character then discovers it is her best friend's brother and not her father who is dating the new, mysterious girl. Broken hearted but unwilling to give up their friendship, she lets her best friend know what she found out.

Then, they have an argument and stop talking to each other for a short period, but at the end, they decide their friendship is too important for them to stop being friends forever.