Synopsis
Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begins investigating his stepfather's mistress, Sally. She works at a fast-food drive-through, she's pregnant and Dorian quickly falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his scheming mother wants Sally dead. And Sally isn't sure she wants Dorian to be her child's father and also his brother.
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Cast
- Drew BarrymoreSally Jackson
- Catherine O'HaraBeatrice Lever
- Luke WilsonDorian Montier
- Jake BuseyAngus Montier
- Shelley DuvallMrs. Jackson
- Kim RobillardBilly
- Daryl MitchellRoy
- Lanny FlahertyRed Jackson
- Chris EllisHenry Lever
- Blue DeckertSheriff
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
It has elements of sweet romance and elements of macabre humor, and divides its characters between the two. - 70
Salon
A movie comedy that manages to be consistently funny without becoming assaultive, and that remains consistently sweet-tempered even at its most macabre, isn't so common that we can refuse this one's modest pleasures. - 50
The New York Times
This absurdist satire of sex, sibling rivalry, Oedipal ties, homicidal fantasies and fast food in the American heartland at least has the right attitude. It just isn't funny enough in its particulars to make you break up laughing. - 50
ReelViews
A fast-food type of movie - it looks good in the commercials and is easy to sit through, but it doesn't offer much in the way of satisfaction. - 50
Chicago Reader
Too dry to be very funny and too contrived to be outrageous, this movie has a tone so unusual it almost seems to have none at all. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
Barrymore and Busey walk away with the acting honors, but no aspect of the picture is more than mildly entertaining. - 40
Dallas Observer
Overloaded with oddities but a bit short on horse sense, this is one of those stubbornly defiant, attitude-driven movies that's so busy scrambling genres, breaking rules, and dashing expectations on the road to becoming art that it slips off into the ditch. - 38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
A twisted, but not particularly clever, black comedy.
