THERE GOES MY BABY is a thought-provoking, emotional movie marred by flagrant immorality. At the same time, the number of obscenities and profanities, fondling and implied sexual promiscuity, underage drinking and smoking, and the disrespect for authority and for the property of others warrants caution for any viewer. There Goes My Baby is a 1994 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Floyd Mutrux and starring Dermot Mulroney, Rick Schroder. The violence of riots and protests sets the mood of the time period but is too mature for the younger audience to view. Adults will reminisce about the “good old days” and might even be compelled to call up an old high school buddy or sweetheart. THERE GOES MY BABY takes the viewer back to the era of hamburger stands and sock hops, where life was often footloose and fancy free. Set against this tumultuous period, the class of 1965, referred to by LOOK Magazine as the future of this country, must bravely face the uncertainty of the changing events in their journey to becoming adults. It is summer 1965, and members of the Westwood High School senior year are trying to reinvent themselves just to see Americas. The destruction of Pop’s Paradise represents the departure of the way things were and the challenge for the recent graduates to find their place in a new world, a world that is changing. The local hamburger stand which has become their hangout must be torn down to make room for the future - a shopping mall. In THERE GOES MY BABY, the summer of 1965 marks the end of paradise for the teenagers fresh out of Westwood High School, that is … Pop’s Paradise.
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