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Actors: Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly, Bill McKinney, Emilio Estevez
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Tex |
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This movie, based on a book by teen author S.E. Hinton, is about two teenage boys growing up virtually parentless in rural 1970s Oklahoma. Tex is a simple, mischievious 15-year-old who loves horses, playing pranks and school, and his best friend's sister. He doesn't understand the lengths his older brother Mason must go through to pay the bills, make up for their dead mother and absentee father, and keep their small family fed.
--Shari Weiss, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Tex |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- committing crimes
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Brother
Age group
- trouble in high school
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Dumb?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
- lot of descript of animal care
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
Is this movie based on a
- book
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