Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker Jr. wants a change -- anything to shake up his staid routine. The moment arrives when he stumbles upon a woman, Patty Vare, unconscious in a field. Deciding to risk it, John takes her to his dorm to look after her, much to the disapproval of his friends. John's decision proves fateful as he and Patty grow close to one another. However, she may be keeping secrets from him.
Acting
Winona Ryder at peak ethereal—damaged, magnetic, barely explaining herself.
Direction
Stacy Cochran's hazy, humid atmosphere that feels like a secret.
Cinematography
Golden-hour boarding school gloom that makes delinquency look gorgeous.
Director
Stacy Cochran
Winona Ryder
Patty Vare
Lukas Haas
John Baker Jr.
John C. Reilly
Officer Kellogg Curry
James Le Gros
Fenton Ray
Skeet Ulrich
Bud Valentine
Wiley Wiggins
John Phillips
Catherine Keener
Jilly
Jessica Harper
Mrs. John Baker
Chris Cooper
Mr. John Baker
Maddie Corman
Liz Curry
Spencer Vrooman
John Murphy
Charlie Hofheimer
John Cooke
Bill Sage
Officer Bill Martone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Stacy Cochran's second feature after the acclaimed 'My New Gun,' but studio interference and poor marketing buried it.
The film captures a specific mid-90s moment when Winona Ryder's alienated femininity could carry entire movies—before the industry figured out what to do with her.
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