Fresh out of high school, sisters Kat and Daisy Araújo and their best friend Jojo Barbosa are three Portuguese-American girls working as waitresses at Mystic Pizza, a pizza parlor owned by Leona (Conchata Ferrell) in the fishing town of Mystic, Connecticut.
Kat and Daisy are total opposites. Kat, the younger sibling, is an aspiring astronomer working at the planetarium in the Whaling Museum of the Mystic Seaport, and has been accepted to Yale University on a partial scholarship, so she works at the restaurant at night and as a babysitter by day in order to raise the rest of the money for school. Daisy's sole goal is to leave Mystic, and to have as much fun as possible while she is still stuck there. Their Portuguese mother clearly favors Kat for her goals and drive, while often questioning Daisy's life choices.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Mark Levinson, Scott M. Rosenfelt, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Susan Vogelfang |
Directed By: | Donald Petrie |
Written By: | Randy Howze, Perry Howze, Amy Holden Jones, Alfred Uhry |
Cast: | Hans Hartman, John Fiore, Conchata Ferrell, Suzanne Shepherd, Matt Damon, Wiley Moore, Keith Jochim, Louis Turenne, Jim O'Connor, Janet Zarish, Julia Roberts, Adam Storke, Lauren O'Brien, Al Magliochetti, Sheila Ferrini, Christina Fadala, Robin Joss, Porscha Radcliffe, Jack Ringstad, Jody Raymond, Annabeth Gish, Ingrid Sonnichsen, Bill Devany, Philip M. Gardiner, Joe Monaco, John Cunningham, William R. Moses, Joanna Merlin, Gene Amoroso, Geraldine Leer, Ann Flood, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lili Taylor |
In Theaters: | Oct 21, 1988 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 44 minutes |
Production: | Night Life Inc., The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Virgin Vision |
Budget: | $6,000,000 |
Box Office: | $12,793,213 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |