10/15/2018 1 Comment Mystic Pizza (1988) Mystic pizza follows the lives of three girls after high school graduation in small town Mystic, Connecticut. These three girls work in a Pizza Parlor and have unforgettable personalities. We learn about Daisy (Julia Roberts), Kat (Annabeth Gish), and Jojo's (Lili Taylor) life and the viewer really becomes invested. I will not lie, many times I had to look away from the screen for a brief moment due to secondhand embarrassment- but, nonetheless, the remaining parts were so much fun to watch.
While the story was great, I would change a couple of things. I want to change the cringe factor of this movie. Meaning, multiple interactions that the girls had with their boy had some scenes that you could not watch due to awkwardness. One of these scenes is when Kat asks for wine from Tim after Phoebe is asleep. It was not the action, but their conversation that I cringed I did not notice any cool shots or anything artistic about this movie. Which was nice because I was able to be completely emotionally invested with the three girls. I loved Daisy the most. I really liked her unpredictable nature and was excited to see what she did next. My second favorite character was Kat. I liked how quickly she fell for the dad she was babysitting for and how that relationship progressed (not saying that it was a good choice). Then, my third favorite character was Jojo. Maybe it was her accent, I’m not sure, she was just very annoying and I could not stand how she acted with her now husband. My favorite scene in Mystic Pizza was when Daisy went to Charlie’s house for dinner. I loved seeing the tension with the family. I thought that both actors did a fantastic job expressing their emotions. Another scene with Daisy and Charlie was when his car broke down and they had to try and catch another ride from passing cars. It was just fun and playful. I also really liked the importance that Leona put on the secret ingredient in the pizza. It made the girls, the critic, and the viewer curious about what is truly in the pizza. Donald Petrie, the director, does a nice job of wrapping up the girls stories. Petrie does it so well that the only question that I am left wondering is what the heck does Leona put in the pizza!?
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