Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Richard Dreyfuss | ... | Joe | |
Susan Sarandon | ... | Emily | |
Nancy Allen | ... | Carrie | |
Jean Stapleton | ... | Mrs. Price | |
Wil Wheaton | ... | Tim | |
Edward Winter | ... | Jim Parks | |
Keene Curtis | ... | Dr. Knitz | |
Tom Lacy | ... | The Man Who Gives Emily the Test | |
Lee Weaver | ... | Ray | |
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Carolyn Coates | ... | Teacher |
Milton Selzer | ... | Landlord | |
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Todd Everett | ... | Frank |
F. William Parker | ... | Lawyer | |
Bianca Taylor | ... | Woman Customer (as Bianca Ferguson) | |
Lew Horn | ... | Pet Shop Owner |
A quiet school truant officer, Joe, uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake a residential address, and subsequently gets involved romantically with the boy's mother. The truant officer waffles between a sadistic relationship with his on-again, off-again girlfriend and the mother. When one of the officer's inventions takes off, he chooses the girl and shatters the friendship with the boy and his mother. Only at the last possible moment does he figure out what he's sacrificed, and attempts to get it back. Written by Cheryl Pickard <cpickard@interaccess.com>
This is a delightful 80's movie & what's wrong with it being predictable..yes, I love movies that you don't know what's going to happen, but every once in a while I love a movie i don't have to guess through. This is a feel good movie. You want to be the characters in this movie & it leaves you with a warm & nostalgic feeling!
Richard Dreyfus is a marvel & he makes everybody that plays with him seem to be a marvel. There are not enough good words to talk about Susan Sarandon. She is as fine an actress as can be. it was great seeing her young & so beautiful. It was very strange however to see Jean Stapleton in this movie. Very weird to see her out of her Edith Bunker character.