I was 11 years old when it came out. Needless to say it was to me "at the time" one of the best movies ever made. Lol i still laugh when i think about seeing it. I've seen it at the theater. I contributed to the 1.6 million that the movie grossed at the box office. Lol .. I've also viewed the film on VHS.
I thought it was amazing and often wondered why adults couldn't stand it and why it was so hard to get them to watch the movie. They would say things like "i can't watch this, it's gotta be the stupidest thing I've ever seen" .. Now that I'm an adult myself i can see where they were coming from.