Not an all time favorite film but definitely worth the watch. I have a '100 movie bucket list' scratch poster and this was one of the films on it. It was an interesting story, delivered really well, but had some weird romantic/sexual undertones which left me thinking if I was just reading too much into. I had a research after to see what other people thought and found out a bit about the director who was in relationships with much younger girls than himself. Cant help but think this is a reason behind the strange relationship between the two main characters.
Overall I'd give it a 7/10, it was an enjoyable film but could of done without the undertones.
This is such a classic! That weird relationship actually make sense in real life though. Girls at that age fantasize everything with romance, so when a guy like him saved her from death and protects her, she ought to fall for it. As for Leo, I believe they are saying he has social problems so she's probably the closest different sex he's ever encountered and to me maybe mistaken fatherhood and romance.