Deborah Harry, Evan Dando, Joe Grifasi, Liv Tyler, Pruitt Taylor Vince ...( see more  see more... ) , Shelley Winters , Shelly Winters

Victor is a lonely and overweight pizza chef who earns his living in his mother's roadside diner in upstate New York. Though he aches to change his life, Victor is surrounded by people who are as immo...( read more  read more... )bile as he is--people who are as blind to his yearnings as they are to their own. But, when the staff of the diner is joined by a new waitress, Callie, a beautiful young college dropout, Victor is exposed to a new kind of companionship. With someone to dream about and something to dream for, Victor's life is about to change.

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R, 1 hr. 53 min.

Directed by: James Mangold

Release Date: June 7, 1996

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DVD Release Date: September 21, 1999

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  • April 9, 2007
    I don't really like Liv Tyler and Pruitt Taylor Vince makes me shudder, so I found very little to like about this movie. There was absolutely nothing special about it. I almost don't even remember watching it, it was so nondescript. Instead of watching this, just stare at a blank...( read more) wall and invent a movie in your head.
  • September 16, 2009
    A very special, simple and emotional film. You'll be bored though...

    54/100
  • October 5, 2008
    nothing so special on this movie as well geos slowly
  • November 29, 2007
    a remarkably compassionate and knowing portrayal of the limerent state -- had they been less deftly handled, Vince and his reaction to Callie could too easily have been made risibly pathetic, cringingly embarrassing, or a condescendingly tedious case-study in the psychopathology ...( read more)of loneliness, but they're not. the plot isn't even really the point -- which is not to say it's dull, just that its role is secondary, functionally providing some structure behind a focus on emotional textures and the nuances and subtleties of character and environment. this makes for a lovely, very gentle film, but one that's inevitably very slowly-paced -- i don't know if my short attention-span and i would have been able to make it through the whole thing if i hadn't been having an unusually patient day, but if you are in the right mood, it should be a rewarding experience.
  • August 16, 2007
    The first film directed by James Mangold is not surprisingly very well done. It's a slow film, which adds very much to the story I think. Great acting from Pruitt Taylor Vince (also in Mangold's film Identity). The end of Heavy, especially with the dog and the faucet, is very mov...( read more)ing.
  • July 13, 2007
    Very moving; takes place in upstate NY
  • May 13, 2007
    Is this the one with Liv Tyler?
  • February 22, 2007
    Mangolds debut, and one of the most captivating acting performances ever. Pruitt Taylor-Vince is astonishing!

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

You've been in places like this. You linger over a second cup of coffee and people-watch, trying to guess the secrets of the sad-eyed waitress and the drunk at the bar and the pizza cook who looks lik... full review

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