Themes: Twentysomething Life, Existential Crisis, Coming Home
Main Cast: Timothy Hutton, Matt Dillon, Noah Emmerich, Annabeth Gish, Michael Rapaport, Lauren Holly, Mira Sorvino, Uma Thurman
Release Year: 1996
Country: US
Run Time: 110 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
A high-school reunion in a snowy New England town brings together a diverse band of former classmates. They include NYC pianist Willie Timothy Hutton who has found only small success playing night clubs and is considering taking a job as a supply salesman. While in town, Willie, who is having relationship problems with his girlfriend, finds himself becoming friends with 13 year-old Marty Natalie Portman. Then there's Tommy Matt Dillon, the aging jock who though seriously involved with Sharon Mira Sorvino, cannot resist the occasional walk down memory lane by sleeping with the former prom-queen Darian Lauren Holly, who is married but believes that her husband won't find out. Paul Michael Rapaport is dumped by his waitress girlfriend Jan Martha Plimpton, in part because of the swimsuit-clad supermodels plastered all over his walls. Paul then becomes attracted to Andera Uma Thurman, who is visiting her cousin Stinky Pruitt Taylor Vince, a local tavern owner. Also among the group -- Gina Rosie O'Donnell, who fancies herself a feminist counselor and who, in one of the film's highlights, delivers a poignant rant against how magazines present unrealistic images of women. ~ All Movie Guide
Review
Ted Demme's schmaltzy buddy romance picture amasses some good Hollywood faces, new and old. From the tender-aged teen sensation Natalie Portman to resident weirdo David Arquette to Hollywood vets Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, and Uma Thurman, the strength of this film is its cast -- though the performances themselves are often overwrought and sometimes exceedingly corny. Rosie O'Donnell's loudmouth busybody and Michael Rappaport's bumbling wiseacre practically steal the show. Demme borrows touches from Barry Levinson's Diner but also gives a contemporary polish to the subject matter. This film gets very few high marks for originality and substance, but it doesn't really garner any low ones either. On the whole, it's a playful piece of lighthearted fodder. ~ Mike DiBella, All Movie Guide
Peter Rogness - Art Director, Scott Rosenberg - Associate Producer, Joel Stillerman - Associate Producer, Margery Simkin - Casting, Alan C. Blomquist - Co-producer, Lucy W. Corrigan - Costume Designer, Josh King - First Assistant Director, Ted Demme - Director, Jeffery Wolf - Editor, Cathy Konrad - Executive Producer, Dave Stewart - Composer (Music Score), Daniel Davis - Production Designer, Tony Jannelli - Cinematographer, Adam Kimmel - Cinematographer, Bob Weinstein - Producer, Harvey Weinstein - Producer, Cary Woods - Producer, Tracy A. Doyle - Set Designer, Maria Baker - Set Designer, James Thornton - Sound/Sound Designer, Scott Rosenberg - Screenwriter
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