Stand by me

by Letícia Pandolfo Cardoso

“Stand by me”, based on a novel by Stephen King, is a movie about friendship and growing up. It is the story about four boys that hear about a kid killed by a train, and then they decide to cross the city and see the poor boy’s body. During their adventure they cry, they laugh, they have time to be only children, and also men. The four friends are very different one from another, but they complete each other. Chris and Gordie, for instance, don’t seem to have anything in common, but they do. Both are loyal friends, introspective and have strong principles. And both have problems with their families: Chris’ family has a bad reputation where they live, so he is not well accepted there. On the other hand, Gordie’s family had been through a difficult time, because his oldest brother has died and now his parents do not give Gordie the due attention. So, Chris and Gordie are lonely boys. Maybe that is why they became best friends: they needed someone. And the same happened with the other two boys. Just to conclude: this is a beautiful movie, since it gives us hope and a wish of never giving up. The four kids went after death… and they ended up finding life.