Thanks for the memories!

Such a frustrating disappointment

i must have seen a different film!!

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Seven Minutes In Heaveh is a wonderful,underrated and funny Teen Coming Of Age Comedy Drama that's filled fine direction,a terrific cast,a good script and a great score and soundtrack. All of those combinations make Seven Minutes In Heaven an enjoyable Teen Film from the 1980s.Seven Minutes In Heaven tells the story of a trio of 15-year-olds and best friends the mature and wise beyond her years Natalie(Jennifer Connelly),Jeff Moran(Bryon James),a kid who has problems with his stepfather and runs away to at Natalie's house and Polly(Maddie Corman),a girl who's crazy about boys. Together,the trio deal with love,friendship and romance that's funny and dramatic.During the Teen Movie boom of the 1980s there were famous and well known Teen Movies such as The Breakfast Club,Fast Times At Ridgemont High and Ferris Bueller's Day Off that would later become classics while there were other Teen movies that would be obscure and little known but still terrific Teen Films in their own right,Seven Minutes in Heaven fits the latter category because Seven Minutes In Heaven is a movie that many people have not heard of or seen but deserves an audience and while Seven Minutes In Heaven is a Teen/Coming Of Age movie that lacks the great writing and iconic status of the three Teen films I mentioned above the film is still an entertaining,underrated Teen film and one of the better Teen Movies from from the 1980s that isn't a John Hughes movie,a Brat Pack film or a Teen sex Comedy but a small innocent film about love and growing up. One of the things that I like about Seven Minutes In Heaven is the way the film balances out Comedy and Drama while telling a fine and thoughtful story about Coming Of Age with laughs,romance and friendship. The laughs in SMIH are funny because there are moments in the film where the laughs are over the top and surreal and there are moments where the Humor and laughs are true to life and give you a glimpse into teenage life and growing up. But SMIH isn't a laugh fest because like most Teen Films and Coming Of Age films there is moments of drama and seriousness that is well done,realistic and interesting but the film is not too dramatic to make viewers depressed and sad. Another thing I like about SMIH is that the three main characters are played by actual teenagers instead of actors in their 20s,which is known element in Teen movies. With Teen actors playing Teen characters it makes most of the situations and dialog feel real,awkward and true to life. The three main characters Natalie,Jeff and Polly are wonderful characters in this film who are full of depth and emotion because with Natalie,Jeff and Polly all them have to deal with friendship,love and heartbreak while also dealing themselves,their parents and dealing with being caught between childhood and adulthood,trying to be grown ups while remembering that they are still kids. The whole film is not only an examination of teenage love and romance but also an examination of Natalie,Jeff and Polly and it the relationships between the trio makes the film work and if you are or were and Teenager you will relate to the three of them. The screenplay by Jane Bernstein and director Linda Feferman is good,with Bernstein and Feferman giving the characters dialog that is funny and memorable. The ending of Seven Minutes In Heaven is terrific and will make smile because the ending makes Natalie,Jeff and Polly's relationship stronger and greater. Nice ending.The whole cast is great. Jennifer Connolly is excellent and beautiful as Natalie,with Connolly bringing humor and depth to the role. Bryon Thames is wonderful and hilarious as Jeff,Natalie and Polly's friend. Maddie Corman is fantastic as Polly,a girl who's boy crazy. Alan Boyce does a good job as James Casey,Natalie's boyfriend. Polly Draper(Aileen Moran Jones)and Marshall Bell(Gerry Jones)give great performances as Jeff's Mother and Stepfather. Billy Wirth does a fine job as Zoo Knudsen,a Baseball player Polly likes. Terry Kinney is outstanding as Bill,a photographer Polly meets. Michael Zaslow(Bob Becker,Natalie's Father),Spalding Gray(Dr. Rodney),Michael Higgins(Senator Henry Petersen),Paul Martell(Williams,White House Aide)and Margo Skinner(Lenore Frankin,Polly's Mother)give good performances as well.The direction by Linda Feferman is good and simple,with Feferman occasionally moving the camera giving the film a nice tone and atmosphere. Fine direction,FefermanThe score by Robert Kraft is fantastic,beautiful and goes with the tone of the film. Wonderful score,Kraft. There is also terrific songs in the film by Josie Aiello such as Dear You,Ready or Not,Inner Logic and Little Boy Sweet. Good songs,Aiello.In final word,if you love Teen Movies or Coming Of Age Film,I highly suggest you see Seven Minutes In Heaven,a wonderful,underrated and funny Teen/Coming Of Age Film that you will enjoy watching from beginning to end. Highly Recommended. 9.5/10.

This is a cute little chick flick. Jennifer Connelly stars in this cute little teen chick flick of girls growing up and falling in love The film is full of cute little awkward moments from a girl's point of view I guess. But I found it a bit disturbing that they portray every male older than school level as a predator on the hunt for young girls. They don't dare go full out with it, but they imply it every time an adult come into the picture, which don't have kids. The shrink, the baseball player, the politicians, almost everyone only; with the exception for a journalist But I think Jennifer look and act really well and mature, for her young age, her character looks and acts like someone who have decided what they wanna be when they grow up, but haven't yet realized that things don't always turn out that way But I feel they could have dug deeper into the characters. *****spoilers ******** spoilersI also found it a bit stupid that in the end the Jeff character just all of a sudden got along with he's stepfather, with out any explanation as to why, considering they had been butting heads since start, they should have included a scene or two that showed what compromises they had come to, especially since Jeff's parents, in particular he's stepfather was trying to control he's life down to the smallest details. I got the impression they wore trying to tell me that your parents are always right and you should just blind obey them and accept their rules The scene where Jeff wakes up next to Jennifer's father in bed was a bit stupid and unrealistic. How would he not notice that there was another person in the bed, which was a bed he was to have all to him self? That scene seemed kind of rushed and weary little planed to fit in with the rest story line

Considering all the teen films like "the Breakfast Club" and "Pretty In Pink" that are lionized. It is surprising that this one is so ignored.There is no sex in it, but sex is thought of, including the idea that it may matter what others think about it. The kids do not always get along with their parents, but neither the parents or the kids are seen as always right or wrong, and the parents are not seen as monsters.It deals with hero-worship. How one girl does a dangerous thing, which could have lead to real dustier, before realizing that she was wrong.The movie is kind of ahead of its' time. One kid asks another kid what birth control she uses. She says she is doing nothing to need birth control. She replies (wrongly) "oral sex".

Dear Friends and Family,I guess if one teen wants to become biblical with another teen, then that's their eternal damnation - just remember kids, "birth control" doesn't mean "oral sex", I don't care what the honor student says. On the other hand, even if the senator's aid quotes himself as a "bit of a romantic guy", he's still only hitting on a high school girl. If she was my sister, I'd eat this guys kneecaps.Other than that I found out that Mongolians don't kiss the same way the French do and that baseball players named Zoo like delicate undergarments.I think I'd almost rather watch Richie Rich one more time than suffer the indignity of this slip, slap, slop. Thank you, and good night.