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三島春来とその親友・本田塔羽は、青希空（あおきそら）高校に入学する。互いに気になる女の子がいるものの、どうにも恋が始まる気配がない。不器用に日々を過ごす中、同級生の佐々木凪瑳、先輩である明日海夏、中島帝、櫻小路正宗らと出会い、それぞれの想いが絡み合っていく。誰もが一度は通る道、その瞬間を爽やかに駆け抜けていく純愛物語。いつもの電車。いつもの通学路。いつものコンビニ。いつもと変わらない風景が、明日からは少し、違って見えるかもしれない。
三島春来とその親友・本田塔羽は、青希空（あおきそら）高校に入学する。互いに気になる女の子がいるものの、どうにも恋が始まる気配がない。不器用に日々を過ごす中、同級生の佐々木凪瑳、先輩である明日海夏、中島帝、櫻小路正宗らと出会い、それぞれの想いが絡み合っていく。誰もが一度は通る道、その瞬間を爽やかに駆け抜けていく純愛物語。いつもの電車。いつもの通学路。いつものコンビニ。いつもと変わらない風景が、明日からは少し、違って見えるかもしれない。
**_A brother & sister face the challenges of a new life and school south of Miami_** After a tragedy, military siblings (Shannon Presby and Lori Loughlin) are forced to stay with their eccentric uncle & aunt in southern Florida, where they offend the local toughs at their school. Eric Stoltz plays a guy who’s interested in the sister while James Spader is on hand as the lead antagonist. "The New Kids" (1985) is cut from the same cloth as “The Karate Kid” from the year prior, just without the sports angle. It has similarities to “Tuff Turf,” which was released one week earlier and also features Spader, albeit as the protagonist. This one lacks the musical and comedic elements of “Turf” and is comparable to “Dangerously Close,” which came out the next year. Stoltz would go on to star in “Some Kind of Wonderful” a couple of years later. Loughlin is smart and winsome, but it’s blonde Paige Price who stands out on the feminine front as Karen. If you like any of the 80's teen movies mentioned and their contemporaries, “The New Kids” is worth checking out, although it’s not great like "The Karate Kid,” not to mention "Dangerously Close" and "Some Kind of Wonderful" are superior. One issue is that it’s overlong by about 15-20 minutes. Speaking of which… The film runs 1 hour, 50 minutes, and was shot in Miami-Dade County, Florida, including Homestead and Perrine, which are in extreme southeastern Florida. GRADE: B-
