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Ripe (1996) -- When their abusive parents are killed in a car crash, twin sisters Rosie and Violet vow to run away to Kentucky in search of a better life...

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Director:
Mo Ogrodnik
Writer:
Mo Ogrodnik (written by)
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Release Date:
2 May 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
No one stays innocent forever.
Plot:
When their abusive parents are killed in a car crash, twin sisters Rosie and Violet vow to run away to Kentucky in search of a better life... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Boring and ultimately pointless... more (23 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Monica Keena ... Violet

Daisy Eagan ... Rosie

Gordon Currie ... Pete
Ron Brice ... Ken

Karen Lynn Gorney ... Janet Wyman

Vincent Laresca ... Jimmy

Scott Sowers ... Colonel Wyman

Erik Jensen ... Dave
Curtis McClarin ... H (as Curtis McLarin)
Donia Silver-Smith ... Young Violet
Janna Silver-Smith ... Young Rosie
Nurit Koppel ... Fran
Bruce McCarty ... Daniel
Candice Love ... Maxine
Hollie Harper ... Dell
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality involving youg teens, language, and some violence.
Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Certification:
USA:R
Filming Locations:
Aiken, South Carolina, USA

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: The shot from the airplane taking off at the end shows a clean runway with large white numbers and large white lines. The shot from the runway of the plane taking off shows an overgrown runway (or road) clearly not used in years, with a yellow stripe down the middle, and no white lines or numbers. more

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Boring and ultimately pointless..., 26 April 2000
Author: gallus-2 from Iowa City, IA

After watching Ripe, I'm left feeling cheated of one and one-half hours of my life. The movie gets off to a confusing start, and goes downhill from there. The two young female stars of the film (Monica Keena, Daisy Eagan) are difficult to watch, the sets are hideous, and there is no feeling of genuine chemistry between any of the characters.

As for plot: forget it. The film is comprised primarily of silly episodes that do not serve to develop the characters or their relationships. From the beginning, we see that Rosie (Eagan) is seriously disturbed and dominating and that Violet (Keena) is submissive if slightly more cunning than her tomboy sister. These characters do not change one iota during the course of the film. When the story line isn't bogged down with mind-numbing predictability, it's busy being disgusting - focusing on unsavory body functions.

Perhaps the most irritating facet of this movie is the army base on which most of the action takes place. I understand that the US military has suffered some steep budget cuts over the last seven years, but I doubt that any army base in the nation is as poor-looking or completely lacking in discipline and protocol as the one depicted in this film.

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