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Director:
Evelyn Purcell
Writer:
Beth Henley (writer)
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Release Date:
7 November 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Everybody loves somebody, somehow
Plot:
Cassie has a miserable job in a bar, is lonely and depressed. Her boyfriend left her when she told him that she's pregnant... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Rosanna Arquette ... Cassie

Eric Roberts ... Riley

Mare Winningham ... Pat
Jim Youngs ... Billy
Louise Fletcher ... Pearl
Gwen Welles ... Shirley

Stephen Tobolowsky ... Kirk
Charlie Barnett ... Nick
J.J. Hardy ... Ralphy
William Sties ... Frank

Belita Moreno ... Jane
Lewis Arquette ... Mr. Fry
Ronnie Claire Edwards ... Bingo
Ann Hearn ... Linda
Scott Rosensweig ... Winston
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Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:7 | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Prescott, Arizona, USA more
Company:
Island Pictures more

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Hip romance., 2 May 2004
7/10
Author: Pepper Anne from Orlando, Florida

Nobody's Fool surprisingly had some very funny moments, which made this a slightly different 80's romantic comedy about small town eccentrics which has the usual formula of strange guy meeting confused girl and falling in love (though their affection is very ambiguous) and then breaking up and then falling in love again.

Rosanna Arquette plays Cassie, a young woman who's small town life is constricting, although she's confused about how she really feels about her life there. She lives with her spacey mom (Louise Fletcher) and obnoxious brother, works a thankless job as a bartender with her friend who seems to be her only source of emotional support (Mare Winningham), and she still can't get over a jerk named Billy (hands down, the scene where she's at the resturaunt talking to Billy in that balloon outfit really got me howling).

So, along comes Riley (Eric Roberts) a quiet guy with a dangerous, but reformed past who passes through town as a member of the theater crew. The arrival of the theater group inspires Cassie to do something different. She joins a thespian class and actually turns out to be pretty good (the scene where she and the other members of her class perform and the audience heckles them silly is one of the funniest scenes in the movie). Riley really likes Cassie and realizes that her potential outgrows her little town and tries to convince her of that. Riley's there to get Cassie, confused enough as she is about what she should do, to figure out just what it is she wants and what it is she plans on doing with the rest of her life.

It is a sweet romantic comedy that has some incredibly funny moments, and you can see how good Roseanna Arquette is for comedy like this as sort of a shy, confused type of young woman who tries to get people to notice her, even though the people around her haven't got a clue about much of anything. This helps transcend beyond the template story. It's worth watching, especially if you enjoy Rosanna Arquette. I think this is one of her best early performances.

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