Product Details

• Actors: Emilio Estevez, Craig Sheffer, Larry B. Scott, Matthew Dudley, Jill Schoelen
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: April 24, 2001
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300214796
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,917 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Emilio Estevez and Craig Sheffer light up the screen in this exciting drama about the delicate balance of teenage friendship.

"That Was Then...This Is Now" tells the story of two boys raised as brothers who take on the challenges of the street with equal determination. They're an inseparable, unstoppable team about that's about to face the first barrier they can't knock down...the pressure of manhood.

"That Was Then...This Is Now" is based on the best-selling novel by S.E. Hinton, author of "Tex" and "The Outsiders," and "Rumble Fish."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars TALK ABOUT NOT FOLLOWING THE NOVEL......GEEZ!, May 19, 2002

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K. Trinque - See all my reviews
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This review is from: That Was Then This Is Now [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Well,I was disappointed to say the least. I bought this movie because I had read the book with my 7th grade reading class. There was NO WAY I could show this movie to them. I knew it had a R rating but figured I would take the chance. Besides all the profanity, the movie DID NOT follow S.E. Hinton's story line. Emilio Estevez (he wrote the screen play ) defiated from it in so many ways. There are too many to list now. Even the ending was totally NOT the book. The character of Mark was played by Emilio and he "over acted" big time. I was not impressed by him. Kim Delaney is a great actress but the character of "Cathy" was NOT as protrayed in the book. The character of Bryon was by far the closest of all of the characters. Oh, and the character of Charlie....it was played by Morgan Freeman. Need I say more? This is definitely the movie that upholds the cliche'....THE BOOK IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE MOVIE!!!!!!!! I say...don't waste the [money], like I did!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't expect the book. A decent coming-of-age film., August 27, 2009

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Bmonster "exile103" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: That Was Then... This Is Now (DVD)

This film was inspired and is partly based on the S.E. Hinton novel of the same title. However, a modicum of research will tell you that Emilio Estevez wrote the screenplay, not Hinton. Ergo, do NOT expect it to be exactly like the book. Film is one medium, literature is another. To compare them is odious and unfair to both.
Estevez and Sheffer both do a decent job in this emotional story of two young men who go from inseparable to at odds with one another as they begin to drift apart. Estevez wants everything to stay the same: hanging out, slacking off and committing petty crime. The bad boy image and ways will take them nowhere good, and the film's tension comes from Brian (Sheffer)learning this with help from his new girlfriend (Kim Delaney) and trying to leave it behind while Mark fights the idea only to end up a drug-damaged reprobate with a dismal future.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This movie is great!, May 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: That Was Then This Is Now [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I rented this movie out of curiousity one day and thought it was great. It deals with many issues that face teens and the ending will leave you thinking.