Skipped PartsAn entertaining, slightly dark and wonderfully absurd comedy centering around the family of a single mother and her son who move into a small town. The boy gets into a very strange relationship with Mischa's character, and otherwise tries to deal with his crazy life.
Sam Callahan, an early teenaged boy, moves into a new town with his
care-free mother and ends up in a confusing relationship with Maurey
Pierce, played enjoyably by early teen Mischa. One could consider this a
coming-of-age story taking place in the 60s, but actually the movie is a
parody of one. Many people appear not to like the movie, but I do, quite
possibly because of Mischa's quite large role in it.
Mischa plays Maurey, a cheerleader, whose boyfriend is Sam's worst enemy,
and who knows all of the exaggeratedly absurd social rules of the youth of
the town. Though not popular at school, Sam ends up as Maurey's sex
practice partner, even a friend of sorts. The strange relationship of the
two is in the center of the movie, and good use is made of its peculiar and
slightly taboo aspects. If you like the movie at all, I recommend the book,
which I liked even more.
Compared to Mischa's gentle roles in her following movies (see Mischa's bio), she's considerably evil
in this one. Essential watching for Mischa fans.
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