A warm, nostalgic tale of hero worship gone wrong, this sweet comedy-drama follows young Hungarian immigrant Brad Renfro's idolatry of sleazy payola-taking DJ Kevin Bacon in the early days of rock and roll. Renfro is funny and believable in the lead and gets some great help from Maximilian Schell as his understanding father and Calista Flockhart as his true love. The story is predictable but thrives on keenly observed detail and anecdotal remembrance, and, while Joe Eszterhas' script is just as morally ambiguous in the end as Renfro's previous film with Bacon (Sleepers), it at least forgives Renfro's transgressions on behalf of a worthy goal.