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That Was Then... This Is Now

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A troubled young man, Mark Jennings (Emilio Estevez) has always looked up to his older friend, Bryon Douglas (Craig Sheffer). But when Bryon starts dating Cathy Carlson (Kim Delaney), Mark gets jealous, begins acting out and gets into dealing drugs. After the friends' mentor, Charlie Woods (Morgan Freeman), suddenly dies and Cathy's brother (Frank Howard) goes missing, Bryon suspects Mark is involved. As the case unravels, their friendship is put to the test.

Critics Reviews

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/19/2005
1/5
Caffeinated Clint Film Threat 05/06/2005
2/5
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 02/05/2005
2/5
Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat 11/23/2004
1/5
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice 08/21/2004
2/5
A morose melodrama about adolescent experiences. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Stephen C @bob25009 May 27 Are you ****ed up in the head?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Steve D 03/07/2023 Ok adaptation better book. See more 04/08/2020 A good adaptation of an S.E. Hinton novel with a screenplay by the film's star, Emilio Estevez. It's the story of two friends who grow apart when one begins dating a girl. Emilio Estevez is the bad seed and Craig Scheffer is his buddy. See more 01/04/2018 AMAZING MOVIE! Great 80s movie. See more 06/11/2015 The story was okay, but a bit overdramatic. I have not read the book yet, but I hope it is better. See more 11/07/2014 Good movie based off of a good book. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Christopher Cain

Director

Emilio Estevez

Mark Jennings

Craig Sheffer

Bryon Douglas

Kim Delaney

Cathy Carlson

Barbara Babcock

Mrs. Douglas

Jill Schoelen

Angela Shepard

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Synopsis A troubled young man, Mark Jennings (Emilio Estevez) has always looked up to his older friend, Bryon Douglas (Craig Sheffer). But when Bryon starts dating Cathy Carlson (Kim Delaney), Mark gets jealous, begins acting out and gets into dealing drugs. After the friends' mentor, Charlie Woods (Morgan Freeman), suddenly dies and Cathy's brother (Frank Howard) goes missing, Bryon suspects Mark is involved. As the case unravels, their friendship is put to the test.
Director
Christopher Cain
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 4, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.0M
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround