Definitely reminded me of an 80s version of sisterhood of the traveling pants. Of course, Julia Roberts is great! I still can't figure out why Lili Taylor looks so familiar...also, what was in the pizza???

This "sleeper" hit looks just as good today as it did when it was first released. It follows the trials and tribulations of three childhood friends. They all work as waitresses in a pizza parlor and all are at a crossroad in their life. Kat (Annabeth Gish) is preparing to leave home for Yale to begin a career in Astronomy. Daisey (Julia Roberts) Kat's sister, seems to be floundering, with no real direction to go in life, and JoJo (Lili Taylor, who gives the film's most comedic performance), is torn between her love for her fiancé Bill, and settling down into a married life filled with screaming kids and massive weight gain.The film integrates all three stories and keeps the plot moving at a brisk pace. All three friends have very different personalities, allowing most of the audience to be able to identify with at least one of them. I will admit, however, that the ultra idealistic, goodie-goodie Kat does get on my nerves from time to time. (I particularly enjoyed the scene where Daisey hauls off and belts her across the face). The chemistry between the leads works extremely well which only strengthens the movie. Roberts gives a strong performance and shows the audience the first signs of the Hollywood powerhouse she would soon become. The three leads are admirabley backed up by a strong supporting cast as well, most notably, Conchata Ferrell as the owner of the pizza parlor. All in all, a very sweet movie about real people and real family situations, and it remains one of my favorite movies of all time. I literally never tire of this modern classic. My only quibble is that the last spoken line is disturbingly unimaginative and anti-climactic. After crafting such a superb screenplay, the writers just seemed to run out of inspiration at the last hurdle. As Mr. Spock would say, "Fascinating." Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

Mystic Pizza A Review by Ashley I was making breakfast when I started watching Mystic Pizza. I can't be completely sure what I made myself that day, but knowing me it was probably a burger or spaghetti of some kind. I had decided to watch T.V. while I made breakfast because cooking can often be very boring, and I needed more stimulation. At first I was just watching the T.V. Guide channel, but I soon found myself switching to AMC to watch the last hour of Mystic Pizza. I have to admit; at first I was completely lost. There were so many conflicts and I spent a lot of time just trying to figure out who the head pizza lady was. She looked so familiar, and it was killing me. Once I settled down and watched the movie a little I really got into it. And although I didn't watch the whole thing I knew everything that had already happened or was going to happen simply by listening. Also I saw that awesome lobster dinner part with young Matt Damon! Pure gold!As I said before, there were a lot of conflicts in the movie. Some of the conflicts in the movie included, but were not limited to: a girl who had family problems, Julia Roberts being poor while her boyfriend was rich, problems paying tuition to Yale/ Harvard, a decline in restaurant profits, and last but not least, dealing with the olds. All I all it was a good movie. I give it seven Golden Apes up! Which is only a 3 on IMDb.

There are no black, no Latino characters in this movie. In the town of Mystic the underclass are the "Portagee" (descendants of immigrant Portuguese) , well down the social ladder from the wealthy WASPs of the Connecticut Gold Coast.Annabeth Gish and Julia Roberts are cast as sisters but are in no way alike. Julia Roberts' character is aggressive, brassy, sexually loose. Her sister is the ingénue, bookish--headed for Yale on a partial scholarship--shy, virginal, maternal.Vincent D'Onofrio shows some of the range and talent that would later bring him a solid career in films and especially as the brilliantly eccentric Det. Bobby Goren on the long- running "Law & Order-Criminal Intent" TV series. His character is quite sympathetic, even sensitive though his partners on the fishing boat are all bull-necked, beer-swilling louts.The other two young, male characters come off far worse--and this seems to have harmed the careers of two then-promising actors. Blond, ivy league patrician William R. Moses, reminiscent of the young William Hurt, is portrayed as a cad for having had a brief affair with the Annabeth Gish character whom he has quite innocently hired to care for his young daughter (a real charmer) while his wife is off pursuing her career overseas. But the seduction is mutual, symbolized by young Annabeth ringing out the words "I'll have some wine" after the man offers her soft drinks.Maybe it's his name but the career of Adam Storke (sic) didn't go far, either. Here he plays a ne'er-do-well from a wealthy family. But he is not snobbish like his mother and aunt. His feelings for the Julia Roberts character are sincere. It is she who abuses him, first by playing a very nasty and destructive prank when she mistakenly believes he is out with another girl and later upbraiding him after he defends her at an elegant dinner party at his parents' home.On the good side, the pacing of the film is lively and features a riveting performance by Julia Roberts, when she still was relatively unknown.