Liked It - 163119 votes. Drama. User Ratings - 8,1 of 10 Stars. Country - USA. runtime - 2 hours, 6 min. Robert Mark Kamen

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Oh this one is a classic, loved it back in '84 and still like it alot now. Heck it has the same director-John Avildson, as Rocky, so YEAH it's gonna be comparable. And in all the right ways, too.
Macchio was great, who knew he was 23 when he did this-all arms and legs and babyfaced, you'd swear he was 16 or so. Nailed it perfectly. I liked Elizabeth Shue as his gal too-she was sweet if ornamental-not given much to do, etc. Their time at the fun park is nicely shown.
Miyagi of course is the centre of the whole shebang, Morita deserved his Oscar Nomination here. Such a leap from Happy Days eh? He was great-self assured, taciturn, well intentioned, wise, etc. I have always thought that this was one of the 40 best performances in the 80s easily.
Gotta like William Zabka trotting out his blonde SOB surfer-dude character too here, which he used in 'Back to School' and other places with effect in the mid-80s. He has kinda disappeared though, but here he is good. You really do learn to hate him. Ditto Steve McQueen's kid, it's too bad he didn't go onto bigger things. Martin Kove of course is pretty nasty too.
You can't hate this film, the 'Wax on/Wax off' stuff, the posing on the end of the boat ala Crane-style, the new car he's given-great stuff.

It has lasted too.
I give it a. 1/2 rating and recommend it highly of course.