MYSTIC PIZZA: Slut Shamey Flick Marks Marriage Can Wait Movement
80s Movies: A Guide to What's Wrong with Your Parents - A podcast by 80s Movie Guide
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Mom-daughter movie critics Tara McNamara (Fandango, Common Sense Media) and 17-year-old Riley Roberts (Fanlala, Reelz, KidsPickFlicks) look back at MYSTIC PIZZA (1988), a film noted for launching the careers of Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor and Matt Damon. The female-scripted coming of age film marked a moment in time where women were realizing love and marriage was no longer their first priority - they identify how it got young women right and how girls graduating high school now look at their future.