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Plays uncomfortably like two movies jammed into one.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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Overview
Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.
Director and cast
- Joyce Chopra Director
- Laura Dern as Connie Wyatt
- Treat Williams as Arnold Friend
- Mary Kay Place as Katherine Wyatt
- Levon Helm as Harry Wyatt
- Elizabeth Berridge as June Wyatt
- Margaret Welsh as Laura Condon
- Sara Inglis as Jill O'Mara
- William Ragsdale as Jeff
- Geoff Hoyle as Ellie Oscar
- David Berridge as Eddie Hunter
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The movie is almost uncanny in its self-assurance, in the way it knows that the first hour, where 'nothing' happens, is necessary if the payoff is to be tragic, instead of merely sensational.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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