The read
Scores higher than 78% of the 1,941 1990s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Victor is a cook who works in a greasy roadside restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college dropout, shows up as a new waitress and steals Victor's heart. But Victor is too shy to do anything about it, and too self-consciously overweight to dream of winning Callie away.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic75/100
95 audience votes
Key crew
- James MangoldDirector
- James MangoldWriter
- Thurston MooreOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Pruitt Taylor VinceVictor Modino
- Shelley WintersDolly Modino
- Liv TylerCallie
- Debbie HarryDelores
- Joe GrifasiLeo
- Evan DandoJeff
- David Patrick KellyGrey Man in Hospital
- Marian QuinnDarlene
- Meg HartigDonna
- Zandy HartigJean
- Peter OrtelTony
- George AlvarezOrderly
Stills
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Themes
jealousywaitressfast food restaurantseductionpizzarejectionsexual fantasyobesity