Brief review of the movie American Graffiti

1958 Chevrolet Impala from American Graffiti
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Review -
- Describe a scene from the movie that is symbolic of what you liked or didn't like.
- Basic plot.
- Evaluation: why you thought it was worthy. Or why you thought it was a mixed bag. Or why you thought ti was recommendable.

Here's my little evaluation:



American Graffiti is a teen romance set in Southern California in the early 1960's.

At the low-budget film's peak of fun, the preppy senior, a most-likely-to-succeed fellow, is coerced by the Pharaohs, a street gang, into pulling a prank on the cops. He hooks a rope to the cop car's bumper and ties the line to a post. When the cops try to whip into the street to bust a speeder, the cruiser is snagged and wrecked. It is a scene, perhaps improbable, that gets the best laugh in the low-key, if historic, film.

For a movie that has won the recommendation of the Library of Congress and a huge audience, it is a light-weight. The script asks teens whether the hero should squander his college scholarship and opt for his comfort zone - attending junior college. Otherwise, the tales in American Graffitti are like comfort food: pleasant and sleep-inducing.