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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   1,327 votes
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Director:

Timothy Hutton

Writer (WGA):

Karen Janszen (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

11 September 1998 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

10-year-old Harriet dreams of leaving her home, where she doesn't feel she's needed by her mother and sister Gwen... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

2 wins more

User Comments:

Beautiful and underrated more (28 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Evan Rachel Wood ... Harriet Frankovitz

Kevin Bacon ... Ricky Schroth
Mary Stuart Masterson ... Gwen Frankovitz

Marian Seldes ... Leah Schroth
Cathy Moriarty ... Mrs. Frankovitz
Amanda Minikus ... Sonia
Nicole Burdette ... Miss Mosher
Bing Putney ... Eric (as Robert Putney)
Annie Jaynes ... Young Harriet

Joanne Pankow ... Nurse
Gareth Williams ... Tow Truck Driver #1
Alan Mruvka ... Tow Truck Driver #2
J.C. Quinn ... Minister

R. Keith Harris ... Flirting Man (as Keith Harris)
Nicole Namer ... Girl in Classroom
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements and some emotional moments.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #35128) | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Evan Rachel Wood's movie debut. more

Goofs:

Continuity: Harriet's legs change position from shot to shot when she's coloring on the floor. more

Quotes:

Ricky: My mother says before I was born I was the same as everybody else, better even. My mom says I'm from a place where I'm the smartest person there, everybody sings.
Harriet: Maybe the home will be like that and it'll look like castle and have a moat around it and have gardens and bushes shaped like animals.
Ricky: I don't want to go to a home.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Little Secrets (2001) more

Soundtrack:

Crimson and Clover more


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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Beautiful and underrated, 5 May 2000
8/10
Author: David Turgay (david.turgay@googlemail.com) from Bad Kreuznach, Germany

What a wonderful film this was! I almost forgot that they still can be films starring children that are really good. I don't talk of 'Sixth Sense'. I mean films like 'Stand by Me'. There wasn't that much since then, he?

But here comes Timothy Huttons directorial debut and he made his job well. I hate to say it but this film is just cute. Evan Rachel Wood as Harriet is great. It's a good role, not the stereotype of a kid that we must see usually. And Kevin Bacon has one of his greatest roles ever. The story isn't very surprising but both actors let us forget that.

8/10 \ 3/4 \ 2 (1+ - 6-)

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