... this amusing and moving slice-of-life concerns a little boy named Joey (Richie Andrusco). His father is dead and his mother leaves for the weekend to see a sick relative, leaving Joey in the care of his older brother Lennie (Richard Brewster). When Joey thinks that he's killed his brother, the little boy runs off to Coney Island, where he lives every kid's fantasy of over-indulgence

This was shot with handheld cameras and a non-professional cast. The sound was all done in post, and there's a lone harmonica proving the score. That last bit was the film's weakest point, as the music became repetitive, but not to the point of hurting of the film at all. The film manages to capture one of the least phony depictions of boyhood that I've seen in a narrative film. This was included in the National Film Registry in 1997. Recommended.