sentences:  The "Los Angeles Times" called the film flawed, and placed the blame squarely on the screenplay for not knowing whether to depict a Disney-esque innocent adventure or a real world that confronted a teenager's emerging sexuality, a father's alcoholism, and the break-up of a marriage.The "Deseret News" called the film "hokey" and felt the direction and some of the performances were amateurish.The newspaper labeled the score as "one of the worst musical scores in recent memory", and felt the period songs were "ill-chosen".