Mystic Pizza (1988)
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78% of critics liked it
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53% of users liked it
(43,018 ratings)
Three teenagers learn a lot about life and love one summer in this romantic comedy-drama. Kat (Annabeth Gish), Daisy (Julia Roberts), and Jojo (Lili Taylor) are three working-class women just out of high school who have jobs at the same pizza parlor in the resort community of Mystic, Connecticut.… More Three teenagers learn a lot about life and love one summer in this romantic comedy-drama. Kat (Annabeth Gish), Daisy (Julia Roberts), and Jojo (Lili Taylor) are three working-class women just out of high school who have jobs at the same pizza parlor in the resort community of Mystic, Connecticut. Kat wants to study astronomy at Yale; when she starts baby-sitting for Tim (William R. Moses), a wealthy Yale graduate summering in Mystic, she finds herself falling in love with him, even though he's married and nearly twice her age. Daisy, who isn't sure what she wants from life, starts going with Charlie (Adam Storke), a recent law school dropout, though she starts to think that it may be more to rebel against her family than out of genuine affection. And Jojo is attracted to Bill (Vincent D'Onofrio), but she doesn't want to get married (she's already left him at the altar once); when Bill announces that he's no longer willing to have sex without marriage, she has to decide if his affections are worth a lifetime commitment. Conchata Ferrell appears in a supporting role as Leona, the proprietor of the pizza parlor, who zealously guards the secret formula of her sauce. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Donald Petrie
- Written By
- Amy Holden Jones, Perry Howze
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Oct 1, 1988 Wide
- Studio
- MGM Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Peter Canavese, Groucho Reviews
Though the film's heart is in the right place, somehow it all winds up about as flat as one of the celebrated pies at Mystic Pizza. [Blu-ray]
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Christopher Lloyd, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
To put it bluntly, Mystic Pizza is more or less a movie version of a soap opera, layered in with some quirky humor and gigantic '80s hair.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
The only novelty of this familiar small-town coming-of-age saga is that its women are Portugueste-American, but it's laced with humor and well-acted, and the gorgeous-looking Julia Roberts shows strong potential for becoming a major star.
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James Plath, Movie Metropolis
Coming-of-age story flirts with melodrama but is saved by wonderful performances.
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James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
Delightful comedy-drama gave the luminous Roberts her first substantial role
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Cast
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Annabeth Gish
as Kat Araujo
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Julia Roberts
as Daisy Araujo
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Lili Taylor
as Jojo Barboza
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Vincent D'Onofrio
as Bill Montijo
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William R. Moses
as Tim Travers
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Adam Storke
as Charles Gordon Winsor
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Conchata Ferrell
as Leona Valsouano
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Joanna Merlin
as Mrs. Arujo
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Gene Amoroso
as Mr. Ed Barboza
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John Cunningham
as Mr. Windsor
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Matt Damon
as Steamer
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John Fiore
as Jake
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Al Hodgkins
as Priest
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Keith Jochim
as Tourist #2
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Porscha Radcliffe
as Phoebe Travers
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Suzanne Shepherd
as Aunt Tweedy
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Louis Turenne
as Everyday Gourmet
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Janet Zarish
as Nicole
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Ray Zuppa
as Mitch
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Marrisa Carey
as Flower Girl
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Ann Flood
as Polly Windsor
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Wiley Moore
as Newscaster
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Jody Raymond
as Teresa
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Lew Resseguie
as Maitre D'
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Arthur J. Walsh
as Manny

