Young Frank Wheeler (Michael Patrick Carter) and his two friends have the brilliant idea to pool their milk money and head to the closest city to flag down a woman to show them her boobs. This brilliant notion allows them to cross paths with V, a prostitute played by Melanie Griffith, who ends up following them back to their small town on the run from her pimp. There Frank's mild-mannered single dad Ed Harris falls for V, not realizing her background.I am really hard-pressed to figure out who the audience for this film is. It is entirely too smutty for a family film and no where near smutty enough for the adults that may find this theme appealing. Director (and former actor) Richard Benjamin continues to be a director of limited merit. It is absurd that in this day and age kids like Frank and his friends could not see bare boobs by sneaking into a movie theater or looking in art books or Playboy, but would resort to traveling to the Big City and being slapped by offended women who they approach in their naive and guileless way with their sordid offer. And am I the only one tired of the Big City being depicted as a morass of immorality while the Small Town gets idealized into some romantic bubble of innocence? How innocent can it be with kids like Frank running loose (not to mention the one kid's dad who knows V from past experience)? Harris is adequate as Frank's clueless dad, but how disheartening that in a few years time Melanie Griffith went from her Oscar-nominated peak in Working Girl to this dismal development. Griffith looks tired and blowsy as V. She is also reduced to playing one nonsense scene (which truly makes no sense at all) wherein she shows up at Frank's school in a tight outfit so he can give an anatomy demonstration in class. The scene comes out of no where narratively, is not funny at all, and since the film has no nudity it serves no titillation purposes. One is just incredibly embarrassed for all involved.Naturally, all of this ends with a madcap, badly done car chase with the kids frantically driving V to safety from associated villains, because what cheesy film does not have a car chase for no good reason. Similarly, to say the "happy" ending is beyond a stretch would be pointless.

I simply cannot believe some of the reviews of this film. Two people view it through the liberal vs conservative prism, others compare it to "Pretty Woman", and one person actually thinks the money burned in the car. It is obvious none of these people actually saw the film, because they would know it is not about politics, "V" (Melanie Griffith) did not end up with a rich person (Like Julia Robers did in "Pretty Woman."), and the money did not burn in a car.What this film is about very lonely, desperate people who are living a very sad, pathetic life, and through fate in the end found happiness. (Major Spoilers Ahead). What actually happened was after getting permission from the local Godfather Jerry The Pope (Phillip Bosco), to exit the prostitution business, "V" was leaving her drab apartment, and heading for places unknown, and as she was closing the door, spotted a bag with a lightening bolt, and found the money inside and because of it, was able to rescue herself, and purchase an environmental sensitive portion of land and gave it to Ed Harris, who was heartbroken over losing "V" and having developers ruin the wetland. As "V" says at the end of the film, 'The way to capture a woman is through her heart.", and because of that, will stay in the town to be with Tom (Ed Harris) & help take care of Frank (Michael Patrick Carter), while owning and running the ice cream shop where she first met Frank. ps. I am very politically conservative, and hate liberal propaganda, and this film is not about that trust me. 10/10 Stars

why anyone would give this movie anything more than a 1 rating is beyond me.It is filled to the brim with clichés, terrible acting, a bad script, and just badness. C'mon, a hooker with a heart of gold? Again?!?! I watched this with my family when I was 12, because we lived in a town with one theater that showed one movie, and only on the weekends. We would go every week, no matter what was showing. We agreed unanimously that this was the worst piece of drivel that has ever been created. We still pretty much stand by that judgment.I won't go so far as saying that this movie was created by Satan, but it has such a concentration of raw evil and bile underneath it's lily white veneer, that I wouldn't be surprised if Lucifer's hoof marks weren't all over this one.Shame on anyone who gives this movie a 3 or better.

Just seen the movie on DVD and found it amusing. Not a masterpiece but a nice way to show your kids in the age of Frank ( main child actor in this Movie) what's the world is like out there, with prostitutes that can look like Grace Kelly or your dead mother. With a "lively" biology lesson and with dreams to get a mother, that wants to get out of dirty business, for your father that tries to save irreplaceble environment all come true. Ed Harris en Melanie Griffith did a good job and Melanie still look 20 years younger. She could start in the business tomorrow, although she will not need to. Lets not forget Michael Patrick Carter, which is certainly talented enough to continue his career