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American Boyfriends (1989)

American Boyfriends poster
Directed by
Sandy Wilson
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
3.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Canadian woman returns to her hometown for a wedding. She reconnects with old friends and an old flame from her past.

nostalgiclightheartedbittersweetgentleeasygoingsentimentalwhimsicalreflective

What happens

American Boyfriends is a 1989 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Sandy Wilson and starring Margaret Langrick, John Wildman, Jason Blicker, Liisa Repo-Martell, and Delia Breit. It is the sequel to My American Cousin (1985). Langrick and Wildman reprise their roles as Sandy Wilcox and Butch Walker respectively. The soundtrack for this film contains songs by a number of popular Canadian music groups of the era including Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts, Colin James, Sass Jordan, Spirit of the West, and BTO. The soundtrack was released on CD by Penta Records. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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