SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

summers5002 Its been twenty twenty six years since the streetwise film was made i was in a boys home at the time of filming i was asked to be in the film but i was unable to be there i knew rat and lulu Kim Dwayne tiny munchkin and Pattie hell i even dated Lillie for a while the days of the doughnut shop and the aftermath when Gunther got busted and yes even to this day the murder of lulu still makes me cry to some people out there these kids were ghosts to me they wers my friends and family who at times were the only family we had its sad to think so many of them are gone but never will be forgotten my name is T I am now 42 years old and live in Nashville tn im married with two kids and work in law enforcement i see kids today just where we all were downtown on first and pike just as scared and just as tough trying to survive in a world that is not that easy to survive inyet i try to help them the best way i can hell somebody has to. to all those who was in the film i still think of you everyday and send love im even writing a book about the seattle street kids in those days if any of you are still around and remember me T please send word email me i would love to hear from you

nelik when approaching a movie such as streetwise we should consider several objectives that might make it more reasonable to take in the info shown on screen. first of all we cant make an accurate judgment of a piece made 20 years and more ago using todays perspective.its a different political climate, cinematography has evolved and new phrases are constantly introduced into its on going changing semiology, and though most people understand whats going on using their own morals, for the kids in the movie its their own 15 minutes of fame regardless of universal notions. second of all everything on screen is somewhat fabricated to fit into the audience's eye. whats portrayed on screen has one source and a thousand interpretations. even if this movie is more fake than real, there has to be an agenda for making it. this movie didn't sprout out of nothing or nowhere. it depicts real life. yes them British folks making the movie used neck microphones, and there were voice-overs. questions if whether they mashed up reality in order to make a quick buck, or get recognition in the field of documentaries, or even as a service for social services. one of the options has probably a firm grasp into the truth. the outcome matters. if the movie made an impact, and you understood that people live like that, regardless to whether they were spotted in your own neighborhood, than the fabrication aspect was necessary. and thats all she wrote

janelb1 Hey, Jen! How funny to see you on here! Love Ya!I personally love Streetwise. I've seen it a million times. My husband gets embarrassed whenever I show the movie, and hides in the other room. I am Rat's wife. We live in California, where he originally came from. It's funny that no one knows where he is. Martin and Maryellen still keep in contact and send Christmas cards. Anyway, Rat is alive and doing well. It just goes to show that eating garbage won't kill a person. It might just make them stronger. Janel

traveller004 This movie was (unfortunately) mired in a scandal in that it was completely scripted. There were no genuine scenes. Anyone who would dare challenge this known fact needs to view the piece and note that several of the scenes involve as many as 5 to 7 camera angles. There are several other points that scream a totally fabricated piece of work. It should have been reclassified as a work of fiction or standard movie fare since it is no legitimate documentary. Though the movie was well intentioned and the people in it are truly genuine the crew who filmed it broke every convention of true documentary film making. This is a sad fact since it was nominated for an award at the time it was released but failed to receive that award when the truth came out.