I absolutely love this movie! Its so amazing! I saw this in 7th grade and all my friends absolutely obssesed over it. Yes, there is some violence and cursing, but otherwise, this is a very good story which my friends and I can just quote over and over again.

This is my second favorite movie of all time, and probably my most watched. I have the lines memorized. The nice thing about this is, it stays true to the book. I read the book first which helped me to understand the backstory more. I first watched this when I was in 8th grade (about 12/13 years old). It doesn't sugar coat anything. It's raw, emotional, intellegent, and is one of the most brilliant YOUNG cast ensombles to ever be shown on screen. C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio (you know, The Karate Kid before he was The Karate Kid), Matt Dillion, Rob Lowe and Emillio Estevez (of the infamous 80s "brat pack", Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, even Tom Cruise before he made it big. I recommend this movie. Hands down. Yeah, yeah, so there is some bad language (nothing obscene, grotesque, or demeaning), some teen smoking/drinking, and a rumble, but that's nothing compared to what kids see in magazines, video games, cartoons, or television shows. It's a good family movie, in the way it teaches no matter how hard life may seem, family bonds conquer all.

This is a great movie, I first watched and read it when I was in 7th grade, 12 yrs old...We watched/read in class. This movie has mild violence in it, including a teen killing another, but you never see this happen. The teens also smoke, and maybe drink...There is barely any bad language. This movie is for mature 11+. But for 12+ generally. :D Hope this helps!!

This movie is great! It teaches that nothing lasts forever, but that may be a little too sad for kids. The smoking and such wasn't necessary, but I still think this is a great movie!

This is probably on of the best movies i've ever seen. And people keep saying to watch it when you 13. Well, in case you havn't noticed, i'm 12 and in 7th grade and we warched this in my 6th grade english class! So don't even start with me when it comes to 'you're to young.'!

Suggested MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence, thematic elements, brief sensuality, language, and smoking throughout. (All involving teens) Very noticeable product placement for those who care. seriously? who cares if they mention Coca Cola a few times? Whoopdi doo! Violence includes an Offscreen stabbing, resulting in death. Aftermath is shown. Some graphic scenes of a boy that was burned severely. A very intense gang fight, blood and bruises. Sensuality includes a boy trying to take advantage of a girl. Language includes sh**, d**n, hell, b*st*rd, etc.. nothing explicit. Drinking/drugs/smoking includes teen boys drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes throughout. I mean, every seen involves them smoking or gambling with cigarettes.

I love it and the movie stayed really closde to the book something that you don't see everyday,I also loved the actors performances and they did a great job especially Matt Dillon and he was so gorgeous and still is of course and this movie is good for teens cause it's problems that teenagers have and it actually has good messages so read the book and watch the film cuase it's perfect and the actor's performance is as well perfect and it's just a classic.

i think this movie is really good. and i think it's to prove to people that this is what really happen's when kids teenagers,and adults that are in gangs but their is a bright side wen the boys were living at the church and it caught on fire and kids were in their and the boys helped them out and johnny got burnt but it was for a good cause.