Now and Then (1995)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Young Roberta	Christina Ricci
Young Tina	Thora Birch
Young Samantha	Gaby Hoffman	½
Young Chrissy	Ashleigh Aston Moore
Samantha	Demi Moore
Roberta	Rosie O'Donnell
Chrissy	Rita Wilson
Tina	Melanie Griffith
Scott Wormer	Devon Sawa	½
Mrs. Albertson (Samantha's mom)	Lolita Davidovich	-
Angela	Rumer Willis	-
Grandma Albertson	Cloris Leachmann	-
Bud Kent	Hank Azaria	-
Mrs. DeWitt	Bonnie Hunt	-
Wiladene	Janeane Garofalo	-
Vietnam Veteran (uncredited)	Brendan Fraser	½

Review

Remarkably slight coming-of-age yarn in which we follow four young girls through a summer in the early 1970s before reuniting with them 25 years later, in accordance with a pact they made that summer. We're meant to see what they learned and how they have developed, but the lessons are painstakingly obvious and the development is simply announced by Demi Moore's narration, since we don't get to see anything the girls actually do in between the periods in question. The impressive cast list promises a lot more than it can deliver, but is still the film's best asset. The four girls playing the younger versions are all talented actors, and particularly Christina Ricci (Mermaids, Casper) does well. Unfortunately, at the end of it all you probably haven't learned anything you didn't already during your own adolescence, and the story never makes more of an impression than any daytime TV-drama.