You're a Big Boy Now

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You're a Big Boy Now

Released Dec 9, 1966

1h 36m

Comedy

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A New York Public Library clerk (Peter Kastner) leaves home and meets a go-go dancer (Elizabeth Hartman).

Lou Lumenick

New York Post

It's clear Coppola had storytelling talent to burn, and this whimsically sweet movie is certainly one of the best Manhattan time capsules from that era.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 3, 2015

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Variety Staff

Variety

Francis Coppola has drawn topflight performances from his talented cast.

Dec 11, 2007

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Tom Milne

Time Out

Coppola's style had healthy roots in the screwball comedies of the '30s, and the glorious performances litter the film with moments to treasure.

Jun 24, 2006

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Following a pair of nudies and the Roger Corman-backed Dementia 13, Francis Ford Coppola made his major-studio debut with a time-capsule piece that could only have been made in the 1960s.

Rated: 3/4

May 27, 2024

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Penelope Houston

The Spectator

You're a Big Boy Now slides up and down the escalators of charm, wayward fancy, stabs at taking itself seriously, and exuberantly crisp and funny observation.

Jul 9, 2018

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TV Guide

Significant as an early example of the developing talent of one of the most important (if not the most important) American directors of the 1970s.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 11, 2007

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steve d

Far too over the top for me.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Delightful 60s film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

Can't tell if this is supposed to be a comedy, an arthouse film, or just something Coppola needed to get out of his system before he moved on to bigger and better things.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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s r

Some witty ideas, but not a success.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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good cult fave & film debut of '70's superstar Karen Black also music by lovin spoonful and notice the film within the film Coppola's first 'demetia 13'

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Bernard is an awkward young man who embarrasses his parents, so they decide to have him live on his own, but his intentions are not so much to learn to be an adult as much as they involve his obsession with ending his tenure as a virgin. It is a strange counterculture flick from the late 60s, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, his first film after leaving the Roger Corman camp. It is odd to think this strange little film came from the same man who made those fantastic films in the 1970s.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Elizabeth Hartman

Barbara Darling

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Synopsis

A New York Public Library clerk (Peter Kastner) leaves home and meets a go-go dancer (Elizabeth Hartman).

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Phil Feldman
Distributor: Seven Arts Pictures
Production Co: Seven Arts Productions
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 9, 1966, Original
Release Date (DVD): Dec 22, 2010
Runtime: 1h 36m