Gas Food Lodging
When Shade's good, she's very good. But when Trudi's bad, she's better.
Love and sex complicate the lives of Nora Evans (Brooke Adams) and her two teenage daughters in this smart, sassy film about coming of age in a small New Mexico town.
Seventeen-year-old Trudi Evans (Ione Skye) is beautiful, rebellious and very promiscuous-much to the dismay of her mother. Her younger sister Shade fantasizes about love while watching afternoon movie matinees. And Nora auditions a colorful cast of suitors while waiting tables in the local diner.
Life takes a wild turn when Trudi announces she's pregnant-and the father of her baby mysteriously disappears. The girls' long lost father (James Brolin) appears out of nowhere, hoping to make up for lost time. Shaping their lives in unpredictable ways, each new change teaches Nora and her daughters about love, life and each other.
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This was based on a novel? - cathyottawa
That's hard to believe, because what this film lacks more than anything is a compelling story.
Nothing happens in this film. Maybe that's a metaphor for the sleepy little Texas town it takes place in, but it doesn't make for a very entertaining movie.
This ends up being a very ho hum slice of life tale. It's unfortunate, because Fairuza Balk (the girl from The Craft and The Waterboy) is very good in this movie. Ione Skye does a pretty good job as well, playing a girl that is just the opposite of her character in Say Anything.
But their characters are given nothing to do.
And those excited to see James Brolin in the cast? He's on screen all of 5 minutes.
Balk gives a performance that is better than the movie itself, and I would almost recommend this just for that. But she needed a story worthy of her character, and she didn't get it.
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This was based on a novel? - cathyottawa
That's hard to believe, because what this film lacks more than anything is a compelling story.
Nothing happens in this film. Maybe that's a metaphor for the sleepy little Texas town it takes place in, but it doesn't make for a very entertaining movie.
This ...