A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.
Acting
Shirley MacLaine devours scenery like it's fried green tomatoes.
Costume
Early 2000s fashion choices that aged like milk, charmingly.
Director
Marleen Gorris
Julia Stiles
Carolina
Alessandro Nivola
Albert Morris
Shirley MacLaine
Grandmother Mirabeau
Mika Boorem
Maine Mirabeau
Azura Skye
Georgia Mirabeau
Edward Atterton
Heath Pierson
Randy Quaid
Ted Mirabeau
Ana Ortiz
Christen
Jennifer Coolidge
Aunt Marilyn
Barbara Eden
Daphne St. Claire
Ambyr Childers
Young Carolina
Lisa Sheridan
Debbie
Daveigh Chase
Young Georgia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Dutch director Marleen Gorris's only American studio film; she fought to keep the darker family elements against studio pressure for pure rom-com.
The film quietly vanished despite its cast, becoming a VHS-era curiosity that Julia Stiles rarely discusses — possibly because her character's 'normal' aspirations feel retroactively uncomfortable.
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