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Movie Reviews of Mystic Pizza
Movie Review: Low-key soap opera
Summary: 5 Stars
I rented this (sigh) several years ago, liked it or Julia Roberts enough to buy it but didn't open the new copy until the other day and watched it today. I regretted buying a new copy after all, remembering it only as a few heartwarming (I didn't want my heart warmed) months in the lives of just plain folks in CT. (Incidentally, the 3 girls are not sisters, just 2 of them.) I made fun of it, my friend made fun of it, I watched a few minutes then turned it off, then watched some more, finally got up to about 40 minutes and decided to finish it. It has charm. It IS a soap opera, but I thought it was well acted and well done. It had humor, happiness, sadness, embarrassment (like the barrels of fish in the rich kid's car), love. It had so much plot that it practically had none at all. And I liked it. But now, 15 minutes later, I'm beginning all over again to wonder why I bought it. I could have done without hearing sinatra singing in the background toward the end of the flick. That man was a nauseous menace and could barely sing at all, no range, no depth, somehow he could carry a tune, but that's about the size of it, speaking of size, the size of his ego (which I assume is why he didn't deign to sing the tunes the way the songwriters wrote them or the lyrics) would have made a mushroom cloud! I recommend this movie if you like this kind of thing. For it's kind, I thought it was perfectly done. I just like them a smidge more sophisticated. The vulgarity and blasphemies were delicious.Movie Review: A comedy/drama about sex, deceit, and the Mystic Pizza
Summary: 5 Stars
This story followesing the messed up love lives of three young waitresses is good because young people can relate. Some can relate to Kat (Anabelle Gish) who is the 'smart sister' with a crush on a more sophisticated man as opposed to fisherman like Bill. Some can relate to Daisy (Julia Roberts), 'The gorgeous sister' who is going no where but the back of sports cars. Others can relate to JoJo (Lili Taylor), a girl who's only way to show love is through sex. I think a lot of guys can relate to the male charecters also, like Bill (Vincent D'Onofrio), a man in love with a woman who won't commit or Charlie, (Adam Storke) a token rich boy who uses anything he can to get back at his father (including Daisy), and then there is Tim (William R. Moses) a gutless, cheating, liar. But despite thier different personalities the girls are all held together by love, Leona, and Mystic Pizza.The chemistry between Lili Taylor (JoJo) and Vincent D'Onofrio (Bill) made their charecters very believable as compared to William Moses (Tim) and Annabelle Gish (Kat). Julia Roberts was amazing on her own, she always is, but Lili Taylor was outstanding.
Movie Review: A great treat, with the Works
Summary: 5 Stars
The story revolves around three girls: Kat (Annabeth Gish), the brainy one who is about to start Yale; Daisy (Julia Roberts), her sister, who doesn't have the brains but wants up the ladder and thinks her body is the only way to that end; and JoJo (Lili Taylor), who is in love with a local fisherman but is afraid to marry him (which is what he wants) because it will probably mean being stuck in Mystic the rest of her life. Kat falls in love with a married man and loses big time (so much for brains), Daisy meets a rich-boy college flunky and looks like she's going to win, and JoJo finally resigns herself and says "yes." It's a wonderful little movie about three character types and their interaction as friends (they all work at a local pizza joint), their foibles and their support for each other. Although they each represent a type, there's enough subtlety and thoughtfulness in their development to make them, and the movie, most enjoyable and even memorable. Definitely worth a watch.Movie Review: Once upon a time under Connecticut sky, there was a slice of heaven named Mystic Pizza!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of these movies that exudes a distinguished freshness, that touch our hearts and spirits, making us to think about the singleness and kindness of the human nature.
Two sisters: Daisy (Julie Roberts) and Kate ( Annabeth Gish); a beloved friend Jojo (Lili Taylor) work at Mystic pizzeria. And this delightful picture elapses between the lives and times of these three adorable women; each one of them with her dreams and love affairs; someone of them fortunate; others simply a beauty illusion.
As you may guess this summer breeze picture has all what you wish to seduce you. Enrapturing landscapes, spontaneous performances, splendid script and a delirious scent to pizza hard to forget.
This is an invitation for you to make reservation around this magical and adorable tour. A superb artistic feat of Donald Petrie.
Movie Review: A Pretty Woman type movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a definite must have for fans of Julia Roberts. It is one of those movies that makes you feel good after watching it. It is about 3 girls growing up in a small new england town. One is supposed to be getting married, another is just struggling to live life, find a job and hopefully a rich husband and the other is getting ready to head off to college. Julia Roberts is one of these charachters and plays the older sister to one of the other charachters that I mentioned. It is the story of a typical summer that they spend together before one gets married, the other off to college, etc. All 3 of them work in a pizza place in a town called Mystic. It is a fun movie and if you like Pretty Woman, you will love this also. I have watched it probably 25 times. It's a "eat popcorn, chill out/hang out, nothing else going on" kind of movie. It is fun!