Emotional Maturity (1957)
1957 · Ephemeral film · 20 min
- Drama
- Short
Synopsis
The story of Dave, an emotionally unstable adolescent who cannot accept that his girlfriend has quit going steady with him and the football coach has benched him, and how he loses control and gets into trouble.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Studio
- Crawley Films
- Released
- 1957-01-01
- Running time
- 20 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Social guidance
- Psychology
Cast & crew
- Eddie Applegate
- Patricia Bruder
Buzz Martin
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · David, alas poor David · Spuzz · 2003-04-30
After the most peppy music heard in a social film in a long while, we meet David, who is going out with hid girlfriend.. not so fast! His girlfriend breaks up with him and of course, starts going out with the Big Jock In School! After kicking down a well placed bicycle, Dave goes home. Things at home arent too rosey either, with a overbearing father and a meek mom. David gets no satisfactorial parental guidance from there, so he heads down to the malt stop. In a scene that curiously reminded me of grease, we see Dave's ex and her new beau chirping away. After running back home (!!) and…
★★★★ · WHO ARE YOU CALLING EMOTIONALLY IMMATURE?? Why I Oughta... · Christine Hennig · 2006-01-26
More like emotional immaturity, if you ask me. Teen-aged Dave flies off the handle at every least little provocation. Consequently, his girlfriend breaks up with him in favor of the most popular jock in school, and he gets benched by the football coach, which causes him to quit the team. We get to overhear his classmates talking behind his back; the general opinion of the boys is that hes full of himself, while the girls think hes a mamas boy. Of course, things are not exactly groovy at home, having as he does a dad that flies off the handle at every least little provocation (especially…
★★★★ · oh, dave... · moxiemarm · 2013-01-30
the film was like a scrubbed version of rebel without a cause... very good acting, all-around engaging. pretty neat little canadian film. watch it, already.
★★ · Half a film... · ERD · 2005-09-05
This is like half a story. We see the problems, but there is no suggested solutions. If the viewers know the answer, what is the purpose of showing this film?
