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Stand By Me | Unedited Reaction (Patreon)

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2026-01-11 23:46:11
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Thank you all so much for picking this movie to honor and remember Rob Reiner 🤍 Knowing this was one of the stories he left us made every quiet moment feel even more precious while watching for the first time. Stand By Me took me way back to that fragile time between childhood and who I am now. Back to when everything felt so big, raw, and painfully important. I absolutely loved it and the deeper bits of wisdom sprinkled all within it!Chris and Gordie were so easy for me to relate to right away. When your early world isn't a safe one, you learn to become older than your years. Watchful, careful, wise in ways no kid should have to be. I saw that so clearly in them both. Chris believing he's bad because he's been told that his whole life. Gordie carrying grief and feeling invisible. Always taking up as little space as possible. Watching their friendship was so human and real. It can feel so freeing when someone finally understands the quieter parts of your pain. And that campfire scene was everything!By the end, when the story finally caught up to me, I felt gentle. Like something inside me had been really seen. Even when life pulls everyone in different directions, the love and healing you shared doesn't disappear. It becomes a part of your soul that you hang onto forever 🤍Thank you for your support on Patreon!Relax and enjoy 🍿🌿SYNC ALONG LINK: https://youtu.be/NGup2TmSCQgI watched this on Netflix (available until the end of January 2026)

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Walter White

One of my favourite films of all time. RIP Rob Reiner and River Phoenix🙏🏼

Robert Foxx

Damn you sir I wanted to be the first comment. Also RIP

Andy Jordan

I've been hoping for this one for a while, so I'm digging right in. Thank you for this, Kali. Sincerely.

James Park

Cant wait to watch this again haven't seen this since I was a kid, damn feeling my age now. You'll have to watch Goonies now

Steve Mercier

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaantastic movie...Stephen King done right.

Phil Stubblefield

It's been a bit of a rough day, so an evening with a delightful film and a delightful reactor is just what the doctor ordered! Thanks, Kali! 😊

Darian Harman

My mother showed this to us when we were young. Leeches became my #2 greatest childhood fear after this movie, second only to supernovae/black holes. (Totally rational!).

Terry In the UK

I would have put The Flash to shame by how quickly I pressed play on this....a phenomenal movie, beautifully acted by the whole cast...and when a Stephen King novel is done right, wow...they are good. So glad you got to experience this one Kali, and the inner Vern in me says "thanks.... Sincerely"

The Dingo

Such a great movie and cast, and very sad about the cast too. River Phoenix died of a drug overdose in his early 20's. Wil Wheaton went on to star in Star Trek: The Next Generation, but his entire childhood was one of physical abuse - and his parents only love for him came from the paychecks. Corey Feldman spent much of his life as a drug addict too, and he was both physically and sexually abused. Jerry O'Connell is the only one of the four to lead as normal of a life as child star could have.

Wil Castillo

This movie takes me way back to the days I spent with my brother and my cousins. Our childhood days were filled with many adventurous moments in the countryside. It was like a combination of The Goonies and Stand By Me. I miss those days.

Michał_Novigrad

🎵I ran all the way home🎵… to watch this

Andy Jordan

Wonderful reaction, Kali, as always. This is top-tier child actor performances, and like the characters, many of them had sad stories of their own. Wil Wheaton (Gordie) has talked often about his not wanting to be an actor, and his parents forcing him, and has said when he was doing the "My dad hates me" scene, he wasn't acting. He went on to play Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: TNG, a memorable recurring turn as a fictional version of himself on the Big Bang Theory, and now, along with Corey Feldman (Teddy), is an advocate for victims of abuse. Feldman was in many great films in the '80s, this, The Goonies, and The Lost Boys, among others. River Phoenix (Chris), the older brother of Joaquin Phoenix, died tragically at the age of 23. He was the best and most promising young actor of his generation. He went on to play a young Indiana Jones (in the third Indy film, Last Crusade), a defining role in My Own Private Idaho with Keanu Reeves, and a great role in Sneakers, an all-star comedy heist with Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd and Ben Kingsley to name a few. Jerry O'Connell (Vern) is the only one who seems to have gotten out relatively unscathed, and does a little bit of everything, movies, TV, voice-over. As you noted, the novella was called The Body, but Reiner changed it when he saw Kiefer Sutherland (Ace) teaching River Phoenix "Stand by Me" (the song) on guitar. Reiner thought it fit the themes of the story, so he changed the title to that. Kiefer Sutherland himself is probably best known for playing Jack Bauer on 24. Also, John Cusack (Denny), stars in another great and underrated Stephen King adaptation, 1408, that might be good for spooky season. And the Yankee cap that Ace stole was the cap that Denny had given to Gordie, which is why Gordie was so angry when Ace stole it. I always thought Teddy's wanting to dodge the first train was him trying to understand his father in his own way. I myself had a veteran father who was abusive to me, and although I was the opposite of a thrill-seeker, I understand very well trying to understand a veteran abusive father who you feel you have to defend and figure out somehow because you can't accept that it wasn't your fault, since you're a kid. It does seem weird superficially that the rude junkyard man is more judgmental of Teddy's dad than Teddy is himself. And on the train, I've seen this film a hundred times, and I never noticed until this time that, at the beginning in the treehouse, when they're talking about their plans, you can barely hear a train off the in the distance, very early foreshadowing. We actually had a train trestle in my town when I was that age that was about 30 feet above a road, and it was a rite of passage that you had to walk across it, which I did. Man, we were so stupid. You've also seen the actress who plays Gordie's mom, Frances Lee McCain, before as Lorraine McFly's mom (Marty's grandmother) in Back to the Future. Watch some more '80s films and you might see her pop up some more. I loved your insight about the potential of the boys to become Ace and his gang. I'd never thought of that before, but I think especially Chris and Teddy start off acting like they've accepted that as their fate, but it's everyone's support of each other that keeps them from becoming that, even though they didn't keep in touch as well after that. The story of Lard-Ass Hogan is, in that vein, more interesting than it seems at first blush. It's no accident that Gordie is writing a story about a kid who's bullied, ignored and marginalized who wants to bet back at everyone who abuses and neglects of him. Of course, it's a 12-year-old boy writing it, so it ends in barfing, but it's Gordie writing his real feelings into a story where he can safely process them. And a fun fact: the actor who plays the dead Ray Brower can be seen alive behind the Donnelly twins in the Lard-Ass Hogan scene. Also, Stand by Me was filmed in Oregon, my home state, and I used to live on the same street as the actor who played the lumberjack in the scene (I can't remember his name anymore). That's the kind of star-sightings we have in Oregon. It's so interesting how in the first minute, we all see the article about attorney Chris Chambers being stabbed (Gordie reading about it being what reminds him of those days to start writing about it), but you instantly forget about it once we flash back to the '50s because we have no idea who Chris is. The adult Gordie is played by Richard Dreyfuss, who at some point, you must check out in Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (both by Steven Spielberg) and What About Bob? Thank you for this wonderful reaction, a loving tribute to Rob Reiner and his wife, and a great start to the new year. Cheers!

Andy Jordan

♫Wah-wah, ooh-wah-wah♫

Andy Jordan

I remember King saying once that adaptations are a win-win for him, because if the movie's good, it's his story, and if the movie's bad, well, he didn't make it.

Andy Jordan

You are more likely to encounter a leech, to be fair.

Andy Jordan

I'm so sorry, Phil. I hope the reaction helps, and that tomorrow treats you better.

Richard

This is one of those great coming-of-age tales, and yet another reason why I strongly prefer Stephen King's non-horror writing. You've already seen his story-telling on display in The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption, and now Stand by Me. Also, since January is the anniversary month for me on the channel, I'd like to celebrate by telling my little “origin story" if you don't mind: My first exposure to this kind of content was actually music reactions. Different musicians, composers, etc reacting to some of my favorite songs or bands. It bled into movie reactions, specifically with stuff like the MCU and other famous movies. Because of this I had become a casual fan of Cassie and Addie (not a subscriber) and then one day Kali appeared in my feed 😀 It's probably difficult for you to understand, since you don't have the external perspective, how much you pop. But from the first reaction I saw (Civil War), you were very extra, extra in every good way. Everything dialed to 11. I immediately thought "whoa, this is different". Your emotions were so raw and real, and your commentary was smart and entertaining. And you have maintained that ever since. So it was like "well, time to finally create a YouTube account". You are my only reactor sub, and only Patreon sub. Another thing that really mattered, that I haven't shared before: your unboxing video of that incredible axe! You just had this wide-eyed, innocent, childlike wonder in your eyes the whole time. Full of anticipation and excitement. There was no cynicism or sense of entitlement; you were just so overcome and appreciative it was like someone seeing color for the first time. That's how I knew you were 100% genuine and authentic, and worth following. Hopefully my little origin story can provide a little self-esteem boost for the day.

M1 Maz

When at the very start he mentioned seeing the dead body, I thought "oh cool that's gonna be one part of his growing up and we're gonna see lot's of other things after that". Little did I know the whole movie would be the journey to said dead body, and I loved it all the more for that LOL! It was so simple yet powerful. A trip through the woods, for these kids to finally let out all their traumas with each other. The first step to starting to move past them. Away from everything that had been stressing them

Phil Stubblefield

Wow, thanks for sharing your story, Richard! I'm glad there are a number of us who recognize how special Kali is. I too count Cassie and Addie among my favorites, but I DM'ed Kali in the middle of last year and told her that she had risen to number one in my rankings because of her incredible combination of empathy, insight, and transparency. The world needs more people like Kali!

Phil Stubblefield

Well, Kali, that was fantastic as always! It's always difficult to see you wrestle with scenes of horrible parenting, and yet so reassuring to hear you discuss how those struggles have helped shape you into the wonderful mother that you are to your own daughter! God bless you, my delightful friend! 😊

McShades

In my experience, when you have a bad parent, you either become like them or the complete opposite. Sadly a lot of this still goes on today, some kids end up having to deal with a lot of abuse and grow up way before they should. I think back and I did have a group of friends when I was around 10+ and that lasted until about high school and then we kind of drifted apart, it's funny when your in elementary school, everyone was basically the same, but once in High School everyone kind of gets put into a group... Popular Kids, Jocks, Nerds, Geeks, Tough Kids, rich kids, pot heads, etc... and that's usually the last you see of your friends from elementary school... I had another tight group of friends between 17-22, damn I had a lot fun during those years... but after 22 a lot of them started to get married and have kids and things just changed, their priorities changed, having to support a family just takes up almost all your time, you just drift apart again... Now in my 40's I have couple friends I talk to once in awhile, but it will never be like it was back when I was in my late teens, early twenties.. those are the years I'll remember the most.

McShades

Yeh, that's one of the reasons I subscribed to Kali's Patreon, she's honest and real... It's also why I like Cassie (PIB), she also has those qualities... I first came across Kali when Youtube put up her Mass Effect reaction as a recommendation.. I got hooked to her reactions...

McShades

Will Wheaton was also in Eureka (the later seasons) and he was really funny in that show too.. Eureka was such a great show...

kaliwali

What you wrote about friendships is sooo true. Those early groups feel so eternal when you're in them, but after High School things really shift and change. I went to a private school from 4th to 8th grade and then went to public school for High School. It was a huge shock going into High School not knowing anyone. Then College came and I didn't talk to anyone from High School again. I changed a lot emotionally, finally got away from my toxic household & started to heal. So a lot of the friends from High School just didn't feel the same. I think that's why this movie kinda came crashing down on me and hurt in such a beautiful way tho. It reminded me of who I was when my heart was wide open, before time and kids and life started to close it back up again. You're not alone in missing those days! I feel like a lot of us carry those memories forever but look back on them as if we were living another life at the time lol.

kaliwali

Honestly, same!! I love that the entire story was about the journey!! I was under the same impression that they'd see the body and then the main story would begin lol. But you're so right that in order to heal some of the harder parts of what was happening to them at home, they had to get away from it first and see the world a little differently than they had been 🤍 Probably why I loved collecting rocks as a kid and being away in the woods for hours LOL I didn't see any dead bodies tho 🤣

kaliwali

Oh wow. Thank you so much for sharing this, Richard!! It means so much more than I can put into words 🤍 Happy 1 year anniversary to this community! I love what you said about Stephen King. There really is something super powerful about the way he writes people and growing up. Stand By Me, Shawshank, The Green Mile. They all feel like tiny globes of light in the dark, reminding us of our own humanity. This story was so beautiful because of how much raw emotion he puts into every one of his characters. But seriously, thank you for sharing your view on my content and why it means so much to you.. It's wild to think that something I do in my space could become part of someone's routine or comfort blanket at the end of the day. Knowing you took a leap and made a YouTube, Patreon AND Discord account just to stay connected to this community means so much. And the axe unboxing!! I still remember being so excited and humbled by that gift! I've yet to find a way to hang it safely on the wall without the little one accidentally doing damage LOL but maybe when she gets a bit older I can finally properly mount that beauty to the wall! Thank you so much, Richard! For being here, for seeing me, and for sharing this story of how you found my content! It seriously made my day a lot brighter and keeps the motivation flowing to keep doing what I do!

kaliwali

Thank you SO much for taking the time to write something this thoughtful and brilliant. I've noticed you always bring so much food for thought back from the movies you love and I love it!! All the context you shared about the kids made this movie hit way harder, honestly. Wil Wheaton's "my dad hates me" scene not being acting... River Phoenix's short life :( Corey Feldman turning his pain into advocacy. It's all so heartbreaking. I guess it explains why everything felt so raw on the screen for kids 'acting'. They weren't pretending to be wounded kids, they were. Knowing what River would have become makes Chris Chambers feel even more sacred to me. I'll have to rewatch this film with that lens now, but I think it would pull at my heart strings even more than it did this first watch. Your thoughts about Teddy and his father. That need to defend, to understand, to make sense of something that hurts you when you're too young to accept that it wasn't your fault. Such a powerful way to look at his train moment. It makes his recklessness feel less stupid and more like grief trying to prove itself. And the tiny bit of foreshadowing of the train in the treehouse?? I love it. I also really loved what you said about Gordie's storyline. Lardass isn't just a gross joke, it's a kid's way of giving power back to someone who has been ignored and hurt. YES. Sometimes the only way kids know how to express their pain is by making it funny or messy.. The idea that Chris and Teddy were so close to becoming Ace.. I noticed that too and it breaks my heart in the best way. Thank you for all of this, Andy! You once again managed to make me look at a movie I JUST watched and see it in a completely different light. One that I'll enjoy rewatching just with your viewpoints and things to look out for that you've noticed after loving this film. I'm super grateful you're here to share the movie journey with me and help me look even deeper into films that deserve it!

kaliwali

I hope your day is better today, Phil!! 🤍

kaliwali

I still need to see The Goonies! I'll have to get to it this year now that I've watched this one 🤍 This one definitely made me nostalgic for that childhood magic too. At least the good parts hehe

kaliwali

Oh wow.. This is so tragic and sad 😔

kaliwali

I'm glad you were so excited for this one! I can see why!! Such a beautiful film 🤍 I hope you enjoyed it!!

kaliwali

Omg YES. Your fears are my own as well lol

Phil Stubblefield

Kali, when you speak of the "little one" accidentally causing damage with the axe, are you referring to your daughter or to one of those little mischief makers who prowl around behind you in the window boxes? 🤣

Ron Soderstrom

Rob Reiner is unique in that he's done a movie in just about every genre and they're all great. Especially this one!

Brad

I miss my childhood adventures and having those conversations with friends. I would ride my bike to different neighboring towns and never thought it was a big deal. Those old roads are state highways now. I can't imagine kids doing anything like that today. I can't remember the last time I saw kids riding bikes or seeing a group of 3 or 4 boys together doing their early male bonding rituals. I wish posterity the best of luck.

McShades

I remember those days also, back when I was like 8 years old and would ride my bike all over town, Sadly today, you have to worry about your kids getting kidnapped riding their bikes around... As a parent you have to watch your kids 24/7... Times have changed so much and in some cases, not for the better.

James Park

Goofy is a dog, that's the end of it

KJ

Special coming of age movies that are also from the 1980s and share some of the cast members from Stand By Me are 'The Goonies' (adventure comedy) and 'The Lost Boys' (technically horror comedy) but neither one of them are as heavy as Stand By Me. Highly recommended viewing though.

KJ

I do think about my own trauma experiencing stories like this. In too many of us it stays unresolved resulting in a permanently wounded inner child that struggles to find their worth or ever find contentment. It took far too long for me to find therapeutic avenues to explore, but I'm thankful I have.

James Park

I remember watching this as a kid wishing I had such a close friend group like these 4 had, as I got older I did get some very close friends but life just throws so many curve balls especially marriage and kids they slowly disappear

Andrew Thompson

Yeah... this movie wrecked me. lol I have been a Steven King fan since I was, well, twelve years old. Ironic. Thanks again Kali ... for everything.

Evert Jethoe

Hey Kali, This movie is really soul, especially in these times in the world and what is happening in Minnesota, Ohio etc. please stay safe Kali, because it can be anyone they take. I follow all this through Status Coup on YouTube, and Meidastouch network.

Evert Jethoe

Kali, The Actor in the car in the beginning, also plays in Close Encounters of Third Kind directed and written by Steven Spielberg.

Evert Jethoe

Kali, That guy you said looks familiar is Kiefer Sutherland, wich 2 movies with him are great: The Lost Boys 1987 And Flatliners 1990👍🏽😇

Cory Stanish

Also he was in Jaws and like a hundred other movies over the years.

Cory Stanish

This movie is a blast from the past; it hit cable TV when I was in the seventh grade and EVERYBODY knew this movie at school. The soundtrack was really popular, I remember being on a school trip and singing along to all those old songs on the bus. I remember it being a blast from the past for my dad when we watched it, being reminded of his own youth in the 50s. I remember how none of the reviews of this movie seemed to avoid pearl-clutching about the kids using so many swear words. The movie's influence on 80s kids was pretty strong. It wasn't all great, though, like it wasn't a fun time to be a fat kid who didn't appreciate the nickname Lardass or who didn't want to hear people shouting "BOOM BABA BOOM" when you walked down the hallway at school. And that annoying "two for flinching" game took YEARS to ever go away. It's wild how out of the four main kids in this movie, the only one who's A) still alive and B) still actually working as an actor is Vern. Jerry O'Connell spent his teenage years starring in a TV series and slowly transforming into a total hunk, and now he's married to Rebecca Romijn. Got to hand it to young Wil Wheaton as Gordie, he turned in an excellent performance considering he didn't want to be an actor and his abusive parents were forcing him to do it. The novella this is based on was collected in a book called Different Seasons, with 3 other Stephen King novellas. Three out of the four novellas in that book have been adapted into successful movies: "The Body," "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption," and "Apt Pupil."

fallingupdownthere

This movie came out when I was 8. I had an older brother and sister so I ended up watching it when I was probably 10 or 11 and it became a staple in our house. Watched it so many times and I loved it as a kid. However, watching it at 47, it hits way different. Still awesome, but just in a totally different way.