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Baby It's You (1983)

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Average Rating: 6.6/10
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In the early 1960s, two very different New Jersey high schoolers share their first love in this bittersweet romantic drama, an early feature by writer/director John Sayles. Jill Rosen (Rosanna Arquette) is a sweet, overachieving Jewish girl heading for college to become an actor; "Sheik" Capodilupo (Vincent Spano) is a mysterious, confident Italian guy who pushes his way into Jill's already busy life. Sheik successfully woos Jill, and the story follows their ups and downs as teenage romantics.

R, 1 hr. 45 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: John Sayles

In Theaters: Feb 4, 1983 Wide

On DVD: Oct 7, 2003

Paramount Pictures

Cast

Rosanna Arquette
Jill
Vincent Spano
Sheik
Joanna Merlin
Mrs. Rosen
Jack Davidson
Dr. Rosen
Nick Ferrari
Mr. Capadilupo
Dolores Messina
Mrs. Capadilupo
Leora Dana
Miss Vernon
William Joseph Raymond
Mr. Ripeppi
Sam McMurray
Mr. mcManus
Liane Alexandra Curtis
Jody
Claudia Sherman
Beth
Marta Kober
Debra
Rachel Dretzin
Shelly
Susan Derendorf
Chris
Caroline Aaron
Waitress
Phil Brock
Biff
Robert Downey Jr.
Stewart
Robin Johnson
Joann
Donnie Kehr
Barry
Gary McCleery
Rat
Matthew Modine
Steve
Tracy Pollan
Leslie
Fisher Stevens
Stage Manager
Frank Vincent
Vinnie
Julie Philips
Karen
Frank Zagarino
Lew
Richard Kantor
Curtis
Michael E. Knight
Philip

Critic Reviews for Baby It's You

All Critics (16) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (1) | DVD (1)

A labor of love for everyone involved.

February 27, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

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As a filmmaker, Sayles still seems more likable than incisive or original, but it's a likability with a certain brilliance.

February 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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Rosanna Arquette has a way about her.

February 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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A patchy romance but tough-minded and full of vividly smudged emotions

December 18, 2011 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

John Sayles film is a well acted tale of doomed romance.

April 30, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

Arquette and Spano hit exactly the right note.

February 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Sayles's class-consciousness is telling as always, and the director is so good at creating complex, persuasive characters that one is tempted to overlook narrative weaknesses, especially in the final third of the film.

February 27, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

John Sayles takes on a genre movie and makes something that ends up as distinctive as his trademark ensemble films.

February 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Mark Morris

Film4

An uneven teenage romantic comedy by John Sayles.

January 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

One of John Sayles' lesser films, but Arquette and Spano are good, and Sayles manages to make an "opposites attract" story that doesn't seem stale.

February 23, 2004 Comment

Dan Lybarger

Nitrate Online

Arquette, still green under the gills when this flick was made, doesn't light up the screen. Neither does Spano, despite being dubbed one of the "12 most promising young actors of 1983".

May 19, 2003 Full Review Source: Hollywood Bitchslap

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Hollywood Bitchslap

A peculiarly absorbing and sticky film, Baby, It's You is all the more so for its relative uniqueness in Sayles' oeuvre.

July 2, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

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Written and directed by John Sayles, "Baby It's You" is on the surface a genuinely heartfelt romance. Like a lot of Sayles' other movies(this is his only studio movie to date), it also works on a political level as it relates to perceptions and class. It is 1967 and Jill Rosen(Rosanna Arquette) is a high school

August 6, 2009

Walter M.

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So, I'm on kind of a weird "stalker" quest...to watch all of Robert Downey Jr's movies (not just because he's gorgeous, but I want to see his progression as an actor). Well, I blinked and missed his part...after a very slow fast forward through the movie again, I saw a brief flash of his face on the dance floor in the

September 5, 2009