Mystic Pizza
Mystic Pizza is a 1988 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Donald Petrie in his feature directorial debut, and starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts and Lili Taylor. It follows the coming-of-age of three young Portuguese-American friends who work at a pizza parlor in a seaside Connecticut town. The film received positive reviews, with Roger Ebert declaring at the time, "I have a feeling that Mystic Pizza may someday become known for the movie stars it showcased back before they became stars." It marked Matt Damon's film debut.
Plot
Sisters Kat and Daisy Araújo and their friend Jojo Barbosa are Portuguese-American teenage girls working as waitresses at Mystic Pizza, a pizza parlor owned by Leona in the fishing town of Mystic, Connecticut.
More details
author | Alfred Uhry |
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contentLocation | Connecticut |
director | Donald Petrie |
editor | Don Brochu Marion Rothman |
genre | comedy-drama romance |
keywords | cold feet end family dinner fish food critic laugh life choice married mystic seaport portuguese-american portuguese americans question rat reminisce teenage girl wed whale yale university young man |
musicBy | David McHugh |
publisher | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
recordedAt | Connecticut |
theme | female buddy romantic comedy |