Well acted and photographed, but very predictable. Sort of like having three separate Harlequin romances intertwined into one movie.

My wife has been bugging me to see this movie for the last couple of years (she’s a child of the 80s), and I have cleverly avoided it all this time. Based on the plot and the pictures shown on the box, and the fact I’ve never cared for Julia Roberts, I had really low expectations for this movie. I was surprised.

I mainly gave in because I was curious about Annabeth Gish’s (The X-Files) performance. Gish was great; and I found an adorableness in her I hadn’t expected. Lili Taylor gave a good performance as well. Julia Roberts was okay, but probably the best I’d ever seen her. The story wasn’t cheesy at all, and, while I expected an 80’s sex romp comedy, the movie was quite modest and dramatic.

Unfortunately, the story just isn’t there. It’s a slice of life (no pizza pun intended) of three girls working at a pizza parlor. Sure interesting things happen in their love lives, but nothing really memorable. Still, I’d call it an above average movie for the time.

This movie was not nearly as obnoxious as I expected it to be. I think Lili Taylor is great. The best scene in the movie is when she carries on a single-handed, freaking out debate with herself over her relationship with her boyfriend (Vincent D’Onofrio!!!!!) while her co-workers stare at her, dumbfounded. Annabeth Gish is good too. And Matt Damon is in it, and he is about 14 years old!

This is the least annoying I’ve ever seen the otherwise-atrocious Lili Taylor and the ubiquitous Julia Roberts. But maybe I’m just biased because of their Perfect Eighties Hair.