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Lucas
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A brilliant but socially inept 14-year-old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends – Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love – fall for each other.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who value tender coming-of-age stories about awkward outsiders, unrequited love, and the painful transition into emotional maturity.
- Tone
- bittersweet, nostalgic, melancholic
- Payoff
- heartbreak, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- adolescence, first love, friendship, social belonging, heartbreak
- Setting
- 1980s, Midwestern suburban high school