The story focuses on a 15-year-old girl. She flirts with a stranger who is extremely dangerous in the Northern California suburbs. Therefor, she must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences because of her fool.
2 May 1962, Westchester, New York, USA
23 September 1947, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
1 December 1951, Rowayton, Connecticut, USA
23 July 1959
19 January 1961, El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
23 December 1928, London, England, UK
10 February 1967, Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
26 May 1940, Elaine, Arkansas, USA
February 08, 2007
Disregard the incoherent ending, which violates the source material (Joyce Carol Oates story): in her debut, Chopra has made a disturbing tale of sexual awakening set against the 1980s new context of shopping malls; Laura Dern is extraordinary as the lead
December 07, 2004
Despite the less-than-riveting vibe, it's impossible to deny Dern's amazing performance.
January 01, 2000
The movie is almost uncanny in its self-assurance, in the way it knows that the first hour, where 'nothing' happens, is necessary if the payoff is to be tragic, instead of merely sensational.
August 18, 2004
Offers ample and telling observations on adolescence, mother-daughter relationships, familial tensions, and the erotic yearnings of youth.
January 01, 2000
Plays uncomfortably like two movies jammed into one.
January 01, 2000
An unheralded gem of a motion picture, and one of the more vibrant and authentic depictions of teenage life in memory.
