Why Aren't You Smiling?

When 14-year-old Leonard decides to quit being a Dweeb and instead joins the Burnouts, his good boy persona is abandoned as he embarks on a comically painful journey of self-discovery through an unconventional friendship with Rick, an older Jesus-freak barefoot hippie. Growing up in the 1970s has never before been portrayed with such delightful ludicrousness and heartrending tenderness.