A small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.
Writing
Pie names as emotional diary entries — devastatingly clever
Acting
Keri Russell's face does three movies' worth of work
Direction
Shelly's final film, made with fierce tenderness
Director
Adrienne Shelly
Keri Russell
Jenna Hunterson
Nathan Fillion
Dr. Jim Pomatter
Andy Griffith
Old Joe
Cheryl Hines
Becky
Adrienne Shelly
Dawn Williams
Jeremy Sisto
Earl Hunterson
Eddie Jemison
Ogie Anhorn
Lew Temple
Cal
Darby Stanchfield
Francine Pomatter
Cindy Drummond
Hospital Nurse
Lauri Johnson
Nurse Norma
Nathan Dean
Minister
Heidi Sulzman
Exhausted Mother
Sarah Hunley
Dr. Lily Mueller
Caroline Fogarty
Doctor's Assistant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adrienne Shelly wrote, directed, and co-starred while pregnant; she was murdered in her apartment before the film's release. The movie became her memorial and a Sundance sensation.
The pie diner set was designed as a womb-like sanctuary — notice how men who enter must be invited, and how Jenna's creativity literally feeds other women.
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