The Wanderers
February 6, 2010 - 10:21 pm
Not many people are aware that this film is based on a novel of the same title written in 1974. The novel is dark, super-hard, miserable and extremely fun. It is an honest look at how miserable life in the Bronx who have been in the 60s was characterized by uber-authentic dialogue everywhere.
For an adaptation, this is not bad and many of the elements 
the book to find your way around this but in a completely random manner. I feel the film is very light in comparison and allows the book to a large extent in this regard. It’s more of an idea-good movie and I think if you approach it as entertainment on a Friday night, a bar is not really so bad the nauseating coming-of-age-in-the-60s cliche moments.