Starring: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, Oliver Platt, C.C.H. Pounder, Dan Dedaya, Joe Grifasi
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Available from Amazon.
In a small town that looks remarkably like Spokane, an auto mechanic named Benny Pearl (Quinn) also has to look after his unbalanced sister Juniper (Masterson), better known as
But, there's still a poker game to be played, and Joon talks her way into the game, uping the ante with Mike (Grifasi) until he bets his cousin Sam (Depp). Joon loses the hand when Mike's full house beats her flush, and Sam joins the siblings the next day. It is decided that Sam will stick around for the time being as Joon's new housekeeper. He and Joon spend time together, and not surprisingly, fall in love. Sam isn't much of a conversationalist, but he can flawlessly perform Chaplin and Keaton routines, which he does in a park one afternoon to an appreciative audience.
Meanwhile, Benny finds himself entering a relationship with Ruthie (Moore), whose car he repaired at the beiginning of the movie. He still feels protective of his sister, and actually starts feeling jealousy of Sam and Joon's newly discovered love. There's also the matter of having to tell Sam that he is planning to put Joon in a group home.
Recommended. I thought it wasn't bad, but not extraordinarily great.
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