Because it was recommended on some list of forgotten classics. Well, on the one had, this is a sensitively sweet and true account of what young love is like, well played by Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor. The portrayal of the parents too is quite realistic - people with their own problems and lives, not too interested in the kids really. Perhaps that's why Barron - who really was not known for anything else - won a Cannes award for 'Best First Work'.
So that's all good then. Unfortunately there are some minuses. The photography is badly composed and framed (e.g. in pizza scene, the people in the background are far too prominent and distracting) and cramped, grainy, occasionally out of focus and (in two scenes) with dirt on the lens. That wouldn't be so bad on its own (well, it is kinda bad) were it not for the worst theme song probably ever and generally schmaltzy music.
Never trust lists.
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