Main Cast: Hillary Wolf, David Strathairn, Margaret Whitton, Griffin Dunne, Patricia Kalember
Release Year: 1992
Country: US
Run Time: 98 minutes
Plot
Joan Micklin Silver tries her mighty best to wring something substantial out of Frank Mugavero's banal sit-com screenplay concerning the effect of divorce on the divorced parents' off-spring. Hillary Wolf stars as Laura Chartoff, a lonely thirteen-year-old girl who is the victim of multiple parental divorces and remarriages. She lives with her current stepfather Keith Powers (David Strathairn), a cool businessman, and her flighty, self-absorbed mother Melinda (Margaret Whitton). Her biological father David (Griffin Dunne) is a struggling artist separated from his second wife Barb (Patricia Kalember) and is now living with a younger woman Stephanie (Adrienne Shelley), who is pregnant with twins. After a fight with her mother and stepfather, Laura runs away to a rustic cabin in the woods being built by her older stepbrother Josh (Dan Futterman). When she spots Keith and Melinda walking up the road to the cabin, Laura dashes off into the forest. Reported missing, all of the members of Laura's extended family converge at the cabin to try to find her. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Adrienne Shelly - Stephanie Miller; Dan Futterman - Josh Powers; Sean Blackman - 1st Runaway Boy; Cory Danziger - Leonard; Angelina Estrada - Rosario; Googy Gress - Dad; Jim Haynie - Sheriff; Denis Heames - 2nd Runaway Boy; Buck Kartalian - Dog Owner; Keith MacKechnie - Patrolman; Ben Savage - Sam; Trenton Teigen - Kurt; Michael Murphy - 4th Kid; Ivory Ocean - Teacher; Paul Short - 3rd Trooper; Joseph D'Angerio - Mr. Zordani; Bill Erickson - 1st Trooper; Reilly Murphy - Kid #2; Jenny Lewis - Corrine; Meagen Fay - Mom
Credit
Brad Ricker - Art Director, Jane Ruhm - Costume Designer, Joan Micklin Silver - Director, Janice Hampton - Editor, Erica Huggins - Editor, Melissa Goddard - Executive Producer, Peter Morgan - Executive Producer, Patrick Williams - Composer (Music Score), Victoria Paul - Production Designer, Theo Van de Sande - Cinematographer, Gerald T. Olson - Producer, Laurie Perlman - Producer, Peter Morgan - Producer, Maya Shimoguchi - Set Designer, David LeBell - Stunts, Mark Goddard - Screen Story, Melissa Goddard - Screen Story, Mark Goddard - Screenwriter, Frank Mugavero - Screenwriter, Melissa Goddard - Screenwriter
The story of a young girl Laura (played by Hillary Wolf) who runs away to and then from her stepbrother, Josh. She meets a host of colorful characters along the way including robbers and an all too happy family. Her large dysfunctional family and two policemen search for her.
