where do I begin? The plot that is non existent,Characters you don't understand,nor relate too cause there's no depth to them,or the fact that nobody really care about gymnastics. I seem to recall they tried a couple of these unorthodox movies like these in the 80s,without much luck. One had a rowing theme starring Rob Lowe,another one had a wrestling theme, starring Matthew Modine.I think they both sort of failed to be the impact they were suppose to be. Don't get me wrong all these sports are probably important for those who compete in them,but the theme don't really do well on film. Unlike boxing or Karate,which both were big themes through the 80s.I get the feeling there's a lot,that ended up on the cutting room floor,cause the storyline moves way to fast. At one moment, the female lead have an argument with her friend over being late for a workout session. Then suddenly there's bad blood between them for the remainder of the movie? c'mon you gotta build it on something more than that. The new girl in town falls in love(OFC) with the first guy she meet(who just happens to be the the outcast),after barely speaking 3 words to him. I can believe in love at first sight in movies by all means. But if you wanna have a storyline above porn standard,it is wise to leave the scenes where "Romeo and Juliet" of the movie, get to know each other over a period of time. HEre she goes for a drive with him,than he ask if she as a boyfriend,when she says no,He just ask if she wants one? And then their together. It seem like they have tried to gather as many 80s clichés as possible,throw them into a blender in hope of making a big script with IT DIDN'T WORK

I didn't get to see this film until a year after it was in the theaters, one of my first experiences of seeing a movie on VHS (my parents didn't have cable or a VHS player). I was working as a camp counselor at a summer camp for the mentally disabled with a few weeks of youth summer camp in a small town east of Seattle the summer between my junior and senior years in high school. It was an important formative experience of my youth. I watched this movie so many times in the decade following, and I had the theme song on cassette, (I can still hear it in my head "Two hearts beat as one together" 25 years later). It it is viewed in the cultural light of 1986, and you are still young at heart, are a fan of competitive gymnastics, and can remember what young passionate love is like, you should enjoy this movie. Makes me want to watch it again!

I personally thought this movie had integrity and strength throughout from beginning to end. It showed the battles young people have to face to live up to not only others expectations of them but their own expectations of themselves. Some tasks are harder than others and its normally because either you don't feel your good enough or you don't feel others see you as good enough. If you give up you never find out if you really did have it in you to succeed. This movie did an awesome job of representing that. The gymnasts in the movie were excellent, the acting was top notch. The fact that they did film the movie in an old run down building and still made it into a wonderful experience is amazing. I would love to see more movies just like this to show to my own kids. It shows them to never give up on your dreams. That is why I loved this movie.

An ex-gymnast (Mitch Gaylord) with severe family problems, meets another up and coming gymnast (Janet Jones), falls in love and (of course) becomes a gymnast again and goes for the gold...or something like that. I was so bored it's hard to remember.Boring, utterly predictable story with lousy dialogue. Also Gaylord and Jones are absolutely horrible actors...both are beautiful with great bodies but that's it. This isn't really a movie...it plays like a series of (bad) rock videos string together with a flimsy plot. There's almost nonstop music throughout the movie. No characters, no motivations, no nothing...just music.A few things save this from total disaster--Some of the music is good and compliments the visuals nicely; the movie looks good (in a rock video sort of way); there are plenty of nice shots showing Gaylord in nothing but black shorts and the gymnastics are truly incredible. That's about it.Also this is the first movie to make it from theaters to video stores in three months! It bombed so badly the studio rushed it out to video quickly to get rid of it.