Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.
Directed by Jim Abrahams
high school
small town
adoption
satire
ohio
celebrity
coming of age
teen angst
reunion
misfit
fame
teenage girl
homecoming
worship
teenage rebellion
puppy love
teenage protagonist
Rank
#57 in 1990·#5869 overall
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IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.1 / 5
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Cast
Winona Ryder
Dinky Bossetti
Jeff Daniels
Denton Webb
Stephen Tobolowsky
Mayor Bill Klepler
Dinah Manoff
Evelyn Whittacher
Laila Robins
Elizabeth Zaks
Thomas Wilson Brown
Gerald Howells
Joan McMurtrey
Barbara Webb
Graham Beckel
Les Bossetti
Frances Fisher
Rochelle Bossetti
Robby Kiger
Beannie Billings
Sachi Parker
Libby Ohiemacher
Micole Mercurio
Louise Garweski
Crew
Jim Abrahams
Director
Karen Leigh Hopkins
Writer
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Melissa Etheridge
Original Music Composer
Karen Leigh Hopkins
Executive Producer
John Myhre
Art Direction
Rosemary Brandenburg
Art Direction
Ernie F. Orsatti
Stunt Coordinator
Debbie Evans
Stunt Double
Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting
John Robotham
Stunts
Popular Reviews
149 reviews
jocelyn mallory
10.0★ · 05/14/26
that mom hit the lottery having dinky and she had the nerve to act like that, bitch was mad because she’s basic
that mom hit the lottery having dinky and she had the nerve to act like that, bitch was mad because she’s basic
kaiiloveskiss
4.0★ · 04/25/26
I loved dinky as a character but i couldn’t get into the plot and the ending felt so unrewarding 😞
I loved dinky as a character but i couldn’t get into the plot and the ending felt so unrewarding 😞