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 Heartwarming, that's what it is. Too many people focus on the father-son relationship, but my favorite scene is when Dave's mother shows him her passport. This movie is also very funny. And you gotta love that there's no explanation given for why the kid is shaving his legs.
Obviously, this was a cheaply done DVD release by Fox of a film that deserves a deluxe special edition. Besides the lack of extras, interviews, and audio commentary, I could not believe the poor sound quality of the DVD digital transfer: street scenes, crowd scenes, etc. sounded like they were recorded in a digital bucket! We had to turn down the sound during the pivotal Little 500 scene, because the digital garbage was so annoying. Having seen this many times on tape, I know that the sound of this low-budget film was not always good, but it was never horrible until this cheap digital mastering. Fortunately it does not completely ruin the experience of this wonderful film, but I wouldn't be in any hurry to replace a VHS tape with this DVD! Fox, fix your mistake and treat this film properly!
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This is a fabulous film, one of my all-time favorites: a funny, bittersweet, character-driven masterpiece of small-budget filmmaking, shot in a town I lived in for five years. 
What happens after high school? Breaking Away concerns itself with the confusions of starting life as an adult, where high school popularity and wit don't get you as far.Its funny, moving and most of all entertaining. Standout scene is when the Dennis Christopher comes home and starts pretending to be an Italian.
