La Boum stars
Sophie Marceau as a 13-year-old French girl, coping with domestic problems. Her parents, played by
Claude Brasseur and
Brigitte Fossey, are on the verge of a marital breakup. This is coupled by a traumatic move to Paris, and Marceau's problems in adjusting to her new surroundings and schoolmates. Though nothing new, La Boum is disarmingly diverting, a real audience pleaser (as proven by its huge international box-office take). Even as the film was making the American rounds, a sequel,
La Boum 2, was in the editing stages. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide