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Mystic Pizza (1988) 6.0
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6.0/10 from 12,115 users
Metascore: 60/100
Reviews: 67 user | 31 critic | 10 from Metacritic.com Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic Connecticut. Director:Donald Petrie |
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Cast
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| Annabeth Gish | ... | ||
| Julia Roberts | ... | ||
| Lili Taylor | ... |
Jojo
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| Vincent D'Onofrio | ... |
Bill
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Tim Travers
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| Conchata Ferrell | ... | ||
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Mrs. Arujo
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Phoebe Travers
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Jake
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Gene Amoroso | ... |
Mr. Barboza
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Sheila Ferrini | ... |
Mrs. Barboza
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Janet Zarish | ... |
Nicole Travers
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Louis Turenne | ... |
Hector Freshette
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Lauren O'Brien | ... |
Serena
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Sisters Kat and Daisy work along with Jojo at the pizza parlour in Mystic, Connecticut. Kat, shortly off to Yale, finds herself drawn to a local architect she is babysitting for, while her more tearaway sister starts dating a guy from the money side of the tracks. Jojo leaves her man at the altar; she loves him but shies away from commitment. Meanwhile the fame of the pizza continues to spread; it seems to contain something almost ..... mystic. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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A romantic comedy with the works. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 October 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
3 Girlfriends See more »Box Office
Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$12,793,213 (USA)Company Credits
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Daisy: What? Think I got eyes in my butt?
Katherine: That's where your brains are!
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Written by Ashley Hall and Stephanie Tyrell
Published by Tyrell Music Co. (BMI) / Special Friendship Music (BMI)
Performed by Larry Greene
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Trivia
Mystic Pizza is a real pizza parlor, located at 55 West Main St. in Mystic, Connecticut. Writer Amy Jones was vacationing in Mystic one summer, saw the pizza parlor and was inspired to write the story. After the movie came out, the real Mystic Pizza shop became so popular, lines would stretch to the sidewalk and patrons would regularly steal mementos from the restaurant. See more »Goofs
In the scene where Charlie takes Daisy back to his parents' summer home for the first time, her hair goes from curly when they are outside to flat-ironed when they are indoors. See more »Quotes
Katherine: [almost runs into Daisy, while holding a hot pizza] Watch it, Daisy!Daisy: What? Think I got eyes in my butt?
Katherine: That's where your brains are!
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Soundtracks
"JOYRIDE"Written by Ashley Hall and Stephanie Tyrell
Published by Tyrell Music Co. (BMI) / Special Friendship Music (BMI)
Performed by Larry Greene
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"Mystic Pizza" is the film that served notice that Julia Roberts, as "Daisy", was destined to be a name actress. The movie's name comes from the location - the pizza shop in Mystic, Conn., a fishing village with a concentration of Portugese immigrants. Matt Damon also had a small part, as the younger brother "Steamer" of the rich boyfriend.
The 4 women in this film - the 3 waitresses and the pizza shop owner - all have significant hurdles to cross. The pizza shop is in financial danger, and depends on a great review by the food critic to bolster business. Daisy is somewhat of a misfit, a hothead with a lot of talent but somewhat lacking in direction, and who is being courted by a rich guy. Another, bound for Yale but financially poor, and things are complicated by an increasingly close relationship with the father who hires her as a babysitter while mom is working in England. The other, faints at the alter, and is having trouble with commitment, while her boyfriend continues to try and get her to marry him.
The acting is uniformly good, and there are both serious and funny situations. It is an easy movie to "get into", and there is a good sense of completion when it ends. Not earth-shaking, but I rate it a strong "7" of 10.