In love with Sally
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German title | In love with Sally |
Original title | Home frieze |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1998 |
length | 90 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Dean Parisot |
script | Vince Gilligan |
production |
Lawrence Kasdan , Mark Johnson , Barry Levinson , Charles Newirth |
music | Rachel Portman |
camera | Jerzy Zieliński |
cut | Nicholas C. Smith |
occupation | |
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In love with Sally (Original title: Home Fries ) is an American comedy film from 1998. The director was Dean Parisot , the screenplay was written by Vince Gilligan . The main roles were played by Drew Barrymore and Luke Wilson .
action
Pregnant Sally Jackson rejects her child's married father, Henry Lever, an older man. She works in a fast food - restaurant , where it uses an internal radio system, which happens to have the same frequency as the combat helicopter National Guard uses. She overhears a few bits of conversation when the older man is chased to death by two National Guards a little later .
It turns out that the National Guardsmen Dorian and Angus Montier are the step-sons of the deceased who acted on behalf of their mother Beatrice. They fear Sally might have understood something of the conversation. Dorian hires at the restaurant where Sally works. He impresses her by overpowering an armed attacker; this turns out to be Sally's father, who is capable of rash actions when drunk.
Dorian attends pregnancy gym classes with Sally and becomes her boyfriend. At the same time, Beatrice and Angus are looking for Henry's mistress to seek revenge. At the last minute, Dorian can prevent Angus from killing an innocent woman.
Sally wants to visit Henry's ex-wife and apologize. Only now does Dorian realize that she is his stepfather's former lover. He protects them; Using the radio, he persuades his brother, who is attacking with a helicopter, to retreat. Then Dorian takes Sally to the hospital where she gives birth to a child.
Reviews
The plot was u. a. criticized as absurd . Only Catherine O'Hara was praised by the actors .
literature
- Georg Seeßlen, Drew Barrymore , Bertz Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-929470-34-9 , pp. 102-104, 150
Web links
- Home Fries in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- In love with Sally ( Memento from May 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) in the Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon
- Fries at Metacritic (English)
- Fries atrotten tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for In Love With Sally . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2005 (PDF; test number: 82 833 DVD).