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Overview

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Director:
Donald Petrie
Writers (WGA):
Amy Holden Jones (story)
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Release Date:
21 October 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
A romantic comedy with the works. more
Plot:
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic Connecticut. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
one of the minor defining movies of my generation more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Annabeth Gish ... Kat Arujo

Julia Roberts ... Daisy Arujo
Lili Taylor ... Jojo

Vincent D'Onofrio ... Bill (as Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio)

William R. Moses ... Tim Travers
Adam Storke ... Charles Gordon Windsor, Jr.
Conchata Ferrell ... Leona
Joanna Merlin ... Mrs. Arujo
Porscha Radcliffe ... Phoebe Travers
Arthur Walsh ... Manny

John Fiore ... Jake
Gene Amoroso ... Mr. Barboza
Sheila Ferrini ... Mrs. Barboza
Janet Zarish ... Nicole Travers
Louis Turenne ... Hector Freshette
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Additional Details

Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Filming Locations:
Connecticut, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This movie marks Matt Damon's feature film debut. Ben Affleck also auditioned for the role. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Bill is sitting in the bar and Charlie first walks in, the audio of him talking about Charlie does not match up with what it shows him saying. more
Quotes:
Bill: [to Jojo] I'm tellin you I LOVE YOU, and all you love is my *dick*! Do you know how that makes me feel? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Kingdom of the Vampire (2007) (V) more
Soundtrack:
I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN more

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11 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
one of the minor defining movies of my generation, 16 November 2002
Author: Rachel-20 from California

This was one of THE slumber party movies when I was in high school, and fourteen years later I still enjoy it. Of course now I realize what a jerk the married man is from the first time he looks THAT WAY at Kat, and I'm a little surprised (although I married young myself) to see young marriage portrayed positively in a major motion picture. It's also refreshing to see Julia Roberts before she acquired the required Hollywood Superstar Anorexic Look.

Some of the scenes that make me laugh as much now as they did when I was 15: The Porsche full of fish, and JoJo's parents' and boyfriend's reaction when JoJo and Bill are caught in a compromising position. This film has some very tender moments as well. A warning, however: the last line will probably make you groan.

It's not terribly deep, and it's not going to win the Palme D'Or. But it's well worth putting in the VCR on a quiet evening when your husband's out or your girlfriends are over.

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