A movie about young tough homeless gangs on the street in Hollywood in the early 90s. So which artist did they choose for the soundtrack to give it that early 90's westcoast street cred: Eazy-E, Ice-Cibe, Snoop, Dre? None of the above. Instead, who dominated the soundtrack with 5 songs playing every 10 minutes unnecessarily and annoyingly the entire movie? Melissa Etheridge. WHAT COULD THEY POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN THINKING???? Other than that, there were some decent young acting performances that would have made the movie worth watching, still probably would be if you're a true movie connoisseur. But trying to give it a street vibe, with the direction they consciously chose for this soundtrack, it's inescapable laughter trying to take this movie seriously. And that was the ultimate direction and intention for it. So it might be worth watching just to laugh at how hilarious it misses the mark almost a full 30 years later. I didn't see it until decades after it came out but lived in that era. I am fully confident I would have found it equally hilarious back then even as a 12 year old

'Where the Day Takes You' is a highly underrated drama that seems to only survive via word-of-mouth as one of those odd early 90s well-done social commentary films with a solid (and mostly then-unknown) cast.

There were several movies in the late 80s and early 90s that looked at homelessness and runaways, though some of these were human interest documentaries. 'Where the Day Takes You' portrays the commonly ignored castaways in a more honest way than say, the major headlines playing up the situation every once in a while. It offers no forgiveness for who they are and demands no sympathy (well...not much...the narrative is bound by certain elements to make its point). Most of all, unlike similar stories, this one does not dare acquiesce to the Hollywood happy ending nor any other trappings of the Hollywood industry.

The title says it all of our characters, an assortment of runaways living on the streets of Los Angeles, bonded together as something of an unofficial family. For the most part, they aspire to no certain future, and live according to 'Where the Day Takes You.' Mulroney is King, the oldest of the group recently released from prison. Lara Flynn Boyle is Heather, new to the town and one to eventually instill some sort of direction in King (and others) after several disastrous and violent incidents befall the group.

This hard-to-find movie is really worth watching (though plug your ears at the Melissa Etheridge soundtrack moments), and one that deserves more credit as part of these actors histories.

"Where The Day Takes You" is about the homeless youth who come from all over the country to escape their dysfunctional families to live on the streets of Hollywood.It is here that this youth form surrogate families with other homeless youth.

This film chronicles one such family of homeless youth headed by King who is the father figure.A violent confrontation with another homeless leader turns for the worse and King finds himself desperately trying to keep his family together while avoiding the law.

The movie is surprisingly honest about dangers of living on the street and yet portrays the real sense of community that this homeless youth shares with each other.

My only issue with this film was perhaps the Melissa Etheridge music which distracted me.It got more tolerable with repeated viewings of this film but to be fair I am not much of a Melissa Etheridge fan.

If you like movies about Hollywood or films featuring young attractive actors playing disaffected youth then I would suggest this film.