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Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

This film has been a personal favourite of mine for years and it has always amazed me how hardly any people know about it. This film is so fun and full of charm it feels so real and gritty at times. I can't really comment on whether this film is realistic or not however as I didn't grow up in the era the film is set in but the time period has always fascinated me. In my opinion I prefer this film over films like grease or American graffiti and even the warriors because I just find it so enjoyable. The reason people don't know about this is because the film is pretty hard to find , I had to import my Blu ray online because there isn't a UK release but in the USA more people need to pick it up and try it.

I first saw the Wanderers at the drive in movies back in 79 or 80 and loved it enough to see it three more times before it eventually stopped showing as the feature or second movie{back then you got two movies to watch for the price of admission}.Haven't seen it for 36 years until I saw it for sale on E-bay {from the drive in movies to e bay} for the price of 7 bucks. I can't believe this movie isn't a classic in the industry of movie makers who seem to have a hard time making movies with heart or originality {see Chips and Starsky and Hutch remakes}. I didn't grow up in the Bronx but that movie made me feel like I was there in a more simpler time. The characters as camp as they seemed were real people that I could relate. The soundtrack music is good enough that kids today would say, I've heard that before. This movie draws you in and holds your interest until the final chilling scenes with humor tragedy and social commentary that seem to be saying the times they are a changing.

Oh well, I'm the type of guy who will never settle down Where pretty girls are well, you know that I'm around I kiss 'em and I love 'em 'cause to me they're all the same I hug 'em and I squeeze 'em they don't even know my nameThey call me the wanderer Yeah, the wanderer I roam around, around, aroundOh well, there's Flo on my left and there's Mary on my right And Janie is the girl with that I'll be with tonight And when she asks me, which one I love the best? I tear open my shirt I got Rosie on my chest'Cause I'm the wanderer Yeah, the wanderer I roam around, around, aroundOh well, I roam from town to town I go through life without a care And I'm as happy as a clown I with my two fists of iron and I'm going nowhereI'm the type of guy that likes to roam around I'm never in one place, I roam from town to town And when I find myself fallin' for some girl I hop right into that car of mine and ride around the worldYeah I'm the wanderer Yeah, the wanderer I roam around, around, aroundOh yeah, I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around I'm never in one place, I roam from town to town And when I find myself a-fallin' for some girl I hop right into that car of mine and drive around the worldYeah, 'cause I'm a wanderer Yeah, a wanderer I roam around, around, around'Cause I'm a wanderer Yeah, a wanderer I roam around, around, around'Cause I'm a wanderer Yeah, a wanderer

I saw this flick when it first came out. I loved it then and love it now. There was a whole bunch of these kinds of 50's – 60's nostalgic movies that were pumped out during the 70's. Some were almost depressing (like, 'The Lords of Flatbush') and others were too over-the-top (like, 'The Warriors,)- but the most fun, had to be this flick. What can I say? Take a spot of 'Grease'; add a splash of 'Wise Guys'; a sprinkle of 'Good Fellas'; and mix it all together with 'Friday Night Lights' and maybe flavor it with a little bit of 'Dazed and Confused'– and there you have it – 'The Wanderers'. I would highly recommend this movie for people who want to kick back, relax and just enjoy a movie about, 'The Times - Yes they are-a-Changing.' This movie's sudden era shift covers a painful transition for some and transcendence of enlightenment for others. The 50's 'greasers' to the 60's hippies transition is a sad reminder that we can never re- live our past, no matter how much we want to. A tasty bit of cinematographic candy...enjoy it...but remember...you may devour it. Or not...