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1988 Certificate 15
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In MYSTIC PIZZA, three young women, sisters Daisy (Julia Roberts) and Kat (Annabeth Gish) and their friend Jojo (Lili Taylor), work at a pizza parlor in the seaside town of Mystic, Connecticut, during the summer after their high-school graduation. Jojo wants to stay in Mystic and take over the pizza parlor someday, but is .. Read more

Starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, William R. Moses
Director Donald Petrie
Genres Comedy

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In MYSTIC PIZZA, three young women, sisters Daisy (Julia Roberts) and Kat (Annabeth Gish) and their friend Jojo (Lili Taylor), work at a pizza parlor in the seaside town of Mystic, Connecticut, during the summer after their high-school graduation. Jojo wants to stay in Mystic and take over the pizza parlor someday, but is unsure about whether she really wants to marry her high-school sweetheart. Kat is headed for Yale, but stops to have an affair with an older architect whose child she babysits, while Daisy has visions of marrying a rich man and moving up in the world. Donald Petrie's film is a charming, kindhearted tale that features early screen appearances by Roberts, Taylor, and Gish.

Starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, William R. Moses, Adam Storke, Conchata Ferrell, Vincent D'Onofrio, Matt Damon
Director Donald Petrie
Studio MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 43 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Dubbed French, German, Italian, Spanish
Hearing-impaired English, German
Subtitles DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
Released DVD: 04 Sep 2001
Production year: 1988
Format DVD

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  • 4 stars out of 5

    This romantic comedy contains one of “pretty woman” Julia Roberts's first major roles, and it's still one of her best. It follows the ups and downs of Roberts, pal Lili Taylor and sister Annabeth Gish, who get into trouble with love while working at a pizza parlour in their home town of Mystic, Connecticut. Donald Petrie serves up a fine coming-of-age tale, successfully interlacing the story of the girls' problems of the heart with some delightfully comic moments and astute observations about romance.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Jojo, Daisy and Kat are pizza-pushers who live in Mystic, on the Connecticut coast. Jojo (Taylor) is carrying on a... read more on Time Out

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    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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    Rated - 5 stars

    Mystic Pizza

    It's not difficult to see how this movie launched Julia Robert's career. It's a classic teen movie but for the twenty-something generation that starts out a little predictable but is full of small surprises and ultimately delights. It centres on the lovelives of three friends in the small town of mystic, none of which are quite going as planned. Best thing about it is that it never gets too slushy. Fine girlie fun.

      • A customer from Bromley
      • Posted 19 Jul 2004 10:37

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    Rated - 1 star

    80s Toss

    Typical formulaic 80s rubbish. The characters must always include 1) a character who is bookish and who needs to go through some rite of passage in order to loosen up. 2) The cool anarchic kid, who is full of attitude and who needs to go through a rite of passage in order to admit that it's a front and underneath lies a sensitive individual who can achieve if only they apply themselves, etc. Despite the 80s emphasis on individuality and being true to onesself, I couldn't help but feel that Julia's character - poor, smalltown, hard-talking, independent woman - copped out by taking the easy option of marrying a rich kid and thus living happily ever after without having to work hard to do so. Also, the character Jojo's 'happy ending' consisted of her being gradually browbeaten into marrying someone she didn't want to marry. Kat sleeps with the father of the kid she's babysitting, who is about 10 years her senior - the aforementioned rite of passage - but then realises that he's a coward because he won't leave his wife for her a couple of days before she goes away to Yale. The moral of all this is...I've got no idea. Really don't understand the message behind the film. It's just stylised nonsense over substance. God, the 80s was responsible for some cr@p films.

      • A customer from london
      • Posted 26 Mar 2009 14:03

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