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Lucas

It's about falling in love. For the first time.

6.7(275)19861h 40m7

A brilliant but socially inept 14-year-old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends – Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love – fall for each other.

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Status
Released
Budget
$6M
Box office
$8.2M
Language
English
  • chicago, illinois
  • high school
  • american football
  • bullying
  • coming of age
  • bully
  • american football team
  • cheerleading
  • outcast
  • teen movie
  • first love
  • young love

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • TheatricalUwith Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Kannada subtitles1 Sept 1988
  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG-1328 Mar 1986
  • United KingdomGB

    • PhysicalU24 Nov 1986
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical61 Mar 1987
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG4 Mar 1989
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical12DVD28 Mar 2007

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Lucas was released on 28 March 1986.

Audience reviews

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    Peter McGinn

    9/12/2020

    7/10

    This is one of many movies I watched and recorded many, many years ago, probably off the fairly new HBO channel. I liked it enough at the time to not only keep the vhs tape, but also, when we transitioned to dvd, I used my DVD player/recorder to transfer it to a disk. Of course the viewing quality is subpar, but when I saw it is on a streaming service I don’t subscribe to, I decided to watch my flawed copy. I didn…

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    kevin2019

    1/3/2025

    8/10

    "Lucas" is a low key film throughout which tackles the difficult subject of first love and all the pain and heartbreak it can sometimes bring. It doesn't treat such delicate matters of the heart in a superficial manner and there is ample opportunity to actually get to know the small ensemble of characters at the heart of this film and that provides us with a genuine reason to become interested in them and in what hap…

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