Over 40 years have passed, Sophie Marceau is nearly 60, by now, but recognizable and charming as ever (thinking of "Mrs. Mills" with Pierre Richard).
The phenomenon "La Boum" caught the major part of european kids at that time, and most get sent back to their youth, while watching it, as its an honest look at the time/decade and how teenagers and their parents felt and interacted.
While watching both movies again, it's quite noticeable, that this one wouldn't get a rating for the target audience today, as it depicts and talks of things, topics, details, events ... some people think, are not acceptable any more, despite the fact, that kids stumble across far more explicit stuff, every day.
Movies with teenagers (nearly) always are a mirror of that years society and look at them. So, comparing La Boum with todays "young movies" might serve as a warning from certain developments, that ignore the social and emotional reality behind.
The phenomenon "La Boum" caught the major part of european kids at that time, and most get sent back to their youth, while watching it, as its an honest look at the time/decade and how teenagers and their parents felt and interacted.
While watching both movies again, it's quite noticeable, that this one wouldn't get a rating for the target audience today, as it depicts and talks of things, topics, details, events ... some people think, are not acceptable any more, despite the fact, that kids stumble across far more explicit stuff, every day.
Movies with teenagers (nearly) always are a mirror of that years society and look at them. So, comparing La Boum with todays "young movies" might serve as a warning from certain developments, that ignore the social and emotional reality behind.