Sparkler (1997)
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17% of critics liked it
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41% of users liked it
(528 ratings)
Melba (Park Overall) lives in a trailer park in Victorville, California and is on a run of bad luck. Her husband Flint (Don Harvey) runs out on her when she catches him with a girlfriend. Her mother Sherri (Grace Zabriskie) connects her to a phone psychic, who tells her to watch for three kings who… More Melba (Park Overall) lives in a trailer park in Victorville, California and is on a run of bad luck. Her husband Flint (Don Harvey) runs out on her when she catches him with a girlfriend. Her mother Sherri (Grace Zabriskie) connects her to a phone psychic, who tells her to watch for three kings who will change her life. In a bar, she runs into Trent (Jamie Kennedy), Brad (Freddie Prinze Jr.), and Joel (Steven Petrarca), who are on their way to Las Vegas, hoping to win enough money to pay their back rent. They nickname her Sparkler; she figures they're the kings and runs off with them. Meanwhile, Flint finds out Melba's won a million-dollar sweepstakes, but she must accept the prize in person within 72 hours or lose it. Melba finds her way to the Crack, a Vegas strip club, and runs into her high school pal Dottie Delgato (Veronica Cartwright) who lives with the club's lesbian owner, Ed (Sandy Martin). Flint, on the other hand, is desperately hunting Melba down with a plan to keep the sweepstakes money for himself. ~ Ron Wells, Rovi
- Directed By
- Darren Stein
- Written By
- Catherine Eads, Darren Stein
- Genres
- Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Mar 19, 1999 Wide
- On DVD
- Jan 11, 2000
Critic Reviews
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Clint Morris, Moviehole
File this one under 'to never see the light of day'
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
There isn't enough energy to the direction to hide the fact that there is really no plot, just some loosely strung-together of individual events.
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Cast
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Park Overall
as Melba May
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Veronica Cartwright
as Dottie Delgato
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Jamie Kennedy
as Trent
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Steven Petrarca
as Joel
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Freddie Prinze Jr.
as Brad
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Don Harvey
as Flint
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Sandy Martin
as Ed
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Grace Zabriskie
as Sherri
- Frances Bay
- Glenn Shadix
- Googy Gress
- Jack Wallace
- Octavia Spencer
- Sheila Tousey
