Gas Food Lodging

Gas Food Lodging

1992 · Movie · 1h 41m · R

DramaRomance

"When Shade's good, she's very good. But when Trudi's bad, she's better."

Overview

Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and rebellious Trudi drops out of school and gets a job alongside Nora, while the younger Shade whittles away her time at Spanish movie matinees. Their lives are turned upside down when Trudi becomes pregnant and the girls' absent father returns.

Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
78/100
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Themes
sibling relationshipwaitressparent child relationshipnew mexicodinercoming of agesingle motherteenage daughterunwanted pregnancywoman directormother daughter relationship