Cinema: First Loves

GREGORY'S GIRL Directed and Written by Bill Forsyth

He is all haircut, tangled legs and misinformation. Most of his energy is devoted to coping with his own sudden, if spindly, growth. But there is some left over for trying to puzzle out the world's mysteries in general, the odd otherness of the opposite sex in particular. He does not smoke pot, play bad music too loudly, or greatly imperil his own or anybody else's virginity. In short, Gregory (Gordon John Sinclair) is what one used to think of as a typical teen-age boy...