Synopsis
After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Metacritic67/100
171 audience votes
Key crew
- Hal HartleyDirector
- Hal HartleyWriter
- Phillip ReedOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Adrienne ShellyMaria Coughlin
- Martin DonovanMatthew Slaughter
- Rebecca NelsonJean Coughlin (as Merritt Nelson)
- John MacKayJim Slaughter
- Edie FalcoPeg Coughlin
- Gary SauerAnthony
- Matt MalloyEd
- Suzanne CostollosRachel
- Jeff HowardRobert
- Karen SillasNurse Paine
- Tom ThonDeli Man
- Mark Chandler BaileyBruce (as M.C. Bailey)
Stills
Themes
dark comedyromcomlong island, new yorkrepairmanunwanted pregnancyhigh school drop out