
Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible. The story is told from the children's point of view.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible. The story is told from the children's point of view.
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| CineVueChristopher MachellNarrative momentum takes a back seat to a wistful evocation of childhood friendship, conflict and romance. |
| User ReviewKeiko DI have watched this movie many times since I was little, like 9 yrs old and absolutley love it. Cute, sweet and funny. |
| User ReviewAntonio AI saw this great movie once upon a time when i was very young, maybe in 1976 or so. Since then I asked some friends for the film and everybody liked it a lot. For me, was my first approach to love... And my vision has never change. That sincerely and candid love never has gone away of my life. When my daughter of 4 years old will be in love, I would like to be the Mark Lester and Tracy Hide way. Thanks Alan Parker for this story!!! |
| User ReviewMohamed Nan eye opener for kids who fall in love at a tender age with hot feelings,the whole movie moves around a boy & a girl,with beatiful locations& songs of beatles.after seeing this movie many films were shot based on this film,tamil films(panneer pushpangal, aliyaatha kolangal,alaigal oivathillai were some tamil movies i can refer. |
| User ReviewSimon WI love this movie. Means something special in my live. |
| User ReviewMaineutral RMelody, probably my personal favorite young love story film, and very touching one, with music by the wonderful Bee Gees. |
| User ReviewStuart KA sweet and innocent British film from director Waris Hussein, producer David Puttnam and written by Alan Parker. It's about two young lovers Daniel (Mark Lester) and the titular Melody (Tracy Hyde), who fall for each other over their first year at Secondary School, and declare to their parents, friends and teachers that they want to get married, to much dissuassion and ridicule. Daniel's rogueish friend Ornshaw (Jack Wild), is at first scornful of Daniel spending so much time with Melody, but eventually, he and the rest of their classmates decide to come together and help them go ahead with their plans to get married!! You'd probabily never get away with a film like this now, and it does take a while for it to actually get going, but the lead performances in the film, (all by kids, whilst the grown-ups take the supporting roles), are near-perfect, Lester and Wild reunited after starring in Oliver! (1968) together, (Wild was playing an 11 year old, but was nearly 18 when filming it!! :O But, you'll never tell!! ;)) The film's performances and direction are complimented by an easy going soundtrack by The Bee Gees, (with a couple of songs contributed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. ;)), with good cinematography by Peter Suschitzky, it's a gentle tale of young puppy love, it takes a little time to get into it, but it's well worth it!! :D |
| User ReviewRangan RIt was originally known as 'S.W.A.L.K.', which means 'Sealed With A Loving Kiss', but for the foreign markets changed to as it's now. A pleasant surprise. Really. That I did not expect. Sometimes some movies are not meant to go and get as much it can, I mean I'm talking about the revenue. Yes, this movie had kind of disappointing domestic box office, though did fairly well outside. I am glad for seeing this wonderful film. I have seen 'A Little Romance', 'My Girl' and many more (find them in 'Similar movies' on below), I really love them, but this one was, just wow, made me speechless. When I want to remember or to suggest if somebody asks about children romance themes to watch with their children, nephew and niece, this one would definitely pop-out first for sure. Worth spending time together for this. The cast was so good. Everyone was excellent, from teachers, principle to parents and co-stars. Especially top three character performance leaves a mark to remember. No doubt why people created cult classic concept, so this movie will live on forever in fans unlike box office giants that comes with so big and fades away so fast. I already saw it a couple of times, mainly because of the clean blend between performance, music and innocent story theme. ''When is the wedding, Danny lover boy?'' The music was another plus point. All the soundtracks were very catchy and melodic like the title. The Bee Gees have done an exceptional job. Now I got another half a dozen of music tracks for my 'film songs' collection. I sometime hum 'Daaa dee da dee da da dah' and 'Melody fair' without my knowledge. Who doesn't love the 70s music, come on. Many had liked the film because it brings their childhood memories. And so it did to me. Makes how much we miss those days what we did when we were lack of awareness about the real world. Such concept was this movie where two preteen kids fall in love, but in a result the story takes an unorthodox, quirky twist. Initially it starts off with a friendship theory and slowly marks its destination to advance in that direction. Apart from the leading two, Melody and Daniel, the third character called Ornshaw was equally good who is a troublesome which makes one of our favorite. His masterplans and chewing gum are the highlight of that role and the movie. In one of the scenes where parents try to convince their children about the love and life was very touching. The way it ends is what I love the most and I don't want to know what is going to happen next. Like a fairy tale 'happily ever after' or maybe opposite, but we know there's a lot we are not going to know what they do the rest of their life till death comes. hehehe. I have not said the 'a must watch' for a long time, so here it goes that you must try this one. |
| User ReviewScott YAs with any male kid watching this in the 70s, I had a huge crush on Tracy Hyde. 30-something years on, 'Melody' is still one of the loveliest tributes to pubescent love ever made. |
| User ReviewCarole MVery good film. I first watched it back in the 80's and it reminded me very much of my childhood growing up in London. It reunited Mark Lester with the fabulous Jack Wild two years after they had appeared in Oliver together. |