Melody
A tender love story for everyone who was ever ten years old.
1971 • 103 min • Comedy · Drama · Romance
Synopsis
Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible.
Our family guide
Best from age 9- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 71 Audience · 64 · 49%
Two 11-year-old school children, Melody and Daniel, fall in love and decide they want to marry. Their unconventional plan leads to charming and chaotic adventures, challenging the adult world around them.
- Violence & peril
- 1/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 1/10
Heads up
- Some themes of childhood rebellion
- Adult characters smoke occasionally
What it models well
- First love and friendship
- Childhood innocence and idealism
- Challenging norms
Talk about it after
- Why adults sometimes dismiss children's feelings.
- The meaning of commitment, even at a young age.
- How different people show love and affection.
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Top billed cast
Director: Waris Hussein • Crew: Alan Parker
Trailers & clips
Melody (1971) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersMark Lester and Jack Wilde reunite for this rather engaging, and quite telling, coming of age story. The former is in love with "Melody" (Tracy Hyde) and declaring their intention to be together forever, their fellow school pupils and their teachers must try to manage these determined youngsters.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersIt was originally known as 'S.W.A.L.K.', which means 'Sealed With A Loving Kiss', but for the foreign markets changed to as it's now. A pleasant surprise. Really. That I did not expect. Sometimes some movies are not meant to go and get as much it can, I mean I'm talking about the revenue. Yes, this movie had kind of disappointing domestic box office, though did fairly well outside.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.1/10 (64)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0067418
