Herbert Ross directs Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker and Drew Barrymore in this drama where a lesbian and a woman with a secret go on a road trip together, picking up a chaotic younger woman who gets them in trouble with the law.

Nineties melodrama buzzword bingo! This movie is a soft filtered hot mess. Scenes go wildly off beam. I wonder if the Thelma & Louise echoes were welded on after studio notes. Pre-fame Matthew McConaughey rocks up looking like a Lego man come to life. Drew flashes her abusive boyfriend at one point. Those two seconds of make all the forced mawk somehow worthwhile.

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Perfect Double Bill: Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)