In memory of Rob Reiner, we reviewed his self-declared favorite of all the movies he directed, Stand By Me. Of course this movie lives up. Other people have described Stand By Me as triggering nostalgia for a time that most of us didn't actually experience. This movie portrays childhood in the late 1950s (and filmed during the 1980s - another era also known for hands-off parenting). It invokes a memory of freedom, exploration, morbid curiosity. It reminds us how it felt not having parents, bosses, or authority figures hovering over us at all times... and a memory of not being reachable anytime, anywhere on a cell phone. The 12 yr old boys in Stand By Me decide to spend their Labor Day weekend hiking 20-30 miles to see if they can find the body of a missing boy. They pre-arrange an alibi that they're sleeping over at Vern's house... but ultimately, none of their parents ever ask. In the 1950s (and the 1980s), parents accepted a certain lack of control about their kids ...
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