Review of Mystic Pizza (1988) by Jim H — 28 May 2012
Three women deal with relationships in small town Connecticut.
The performances by the three female leads are all quite strong, but they're strong in a cliched American way; American cinema often asks its leading ladies to be charming, upbeat, and beautiful, without much depth or sincerity, and the leads of Mystic Pizza follow this tradition, smiling and laughing in a light-hearted, cheeky way throughout the soap operatic plot. The one highlight is Lili Taylor's performance, whose monologue after she "breaks up" with Bill is extraordinary in its writing and performance.
Overall, I don't have much to say about Mystic Pizza because Mystic Pizza doesn't have a lot to say; rather than a coming-of-age drama in which boys become men, Hollywood restricts female coming-of-age dramas to films in which girls become Barbies.
This review of Mystic Pizza (1988) was written by Jim H on 28 May 2012.
Mystic Pizza has generally received positive reviews.
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