Liberty Heights

Liberty Heights

1999 · Movie · 2h 7m · R

Drama

"You're only young once, but you remember forever."

Overview

This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.

Ratings
IMDb
7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
75/100
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Themes
high schooljewish lifebaltimore, usacoming of ageantisemitisminterracial relationshipracismwaspsemi autobiographicaljewish family1950s