An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in Fort Worth.
Acting
Winona Ryder at 15, already devastating.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds like actual humans talking.
Cinematography
Texas flatlands as emotional prison and paradise.
Director
Daniel Petrie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rob Lowe fought hard for the role of Rory, wanting to break his pretty-boy image; he spent weeks at a facility to prepare.
The film vanished after poor box office, but Gen X rediscovered it on VHS — it's essentially the secret origin of Winona Ryder's entire aesthetic.
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