Mystic Pizza

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Critics' Reviews

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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The characters are allowed to be smart, to react in unexpected ways, and to be more concerned with doing the right thing than with doing the expedient or even the lustful thing.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
Though in essence this is little more than a girls' romance novel brought to life, it has been filled with heart and humor. The place, the people and even the largely predictable situations in which they find themselves are presented in an entirely winning way. [21 Oct 1988]Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Michael Wilmington
Beyond some well-observed sibling interaction, the mutual effort of four writers is mutually uninspired. Whoever wrote the episodes between hot-to-trot Jojo (Taylor) and her balky boyfriend Bill (D'Onofrio) should be ashamed. [21 Oct 1988]Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Hal Hinson
The conflicts are, at best, formulaic. (Tim is married, but unhappy; Charlie is from a different class.) And the filmmakers provide nothing to rescue us from the cliché’s… You get the general sense that the are better than their material [22 Oct 1988]Read Full Review »
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