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''Mystic Pizza'' is a 1988 American coming-of-age film directed by Donald Petrie, and stars Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts and Lili Taylor.〔''Variety'' film review; 12 October 1988〕 It marked Matt Damon's film debut. Although the film did not perform as well as expected at the box office, it gained a large cult following since its release and received relatively positive reviews by film critics, who praised the performances by the three lead actresses. ==Plot== The film is about the coming of age of two sisters and their friend through the romantic lives of the three main characters: Kat Arujo (Annabeth Gish), Daisy Arujo (Julia Roberts), and Jojo Barbosa (Lili Taylor), who are waitresses at Mystic Pizza in Mystic, Connecticut. In the film, Mystic is represented as a fishing town with a large Portuguese-American population. The film also touches on an Old World work ethic. Kat and Daisy are sisters and rivals: Kat studies astronomy, works at a local planetarium, as well as the restaurant, and has been accepted to attend Yale University on a partial scholarship. Daisy just wants to find love through lust while trying to get out of Mystic. Kat is the apple of her Portuguese mother's eye, while Daisy is not; she is promiscuous and is not as goal-oriented as her younger sister. Daisy meets a handsome young man named Charles (Adam Storke) at a bar, and the two are immediately attracted to each other, and begin a relationship, much to her mother's dismay, believing that the relationship will prevent her making something of herself like Kat. However, after having dinner with his family, they break up when his family was making fun of her for her ethnicity, and she thinks that he was just dating her to prove something to them. There is also chemistry between Kat and her Anglo-American employer, Tim (William R. Moses), a father who has hired her to look after his young daughter, Phoebe, while his wife is away. A relationship develops between them, but results in heartache for Kat when the wife returns and Tim fails to acknowledge what has developed between them. Daisy and Kat bond when Kat is devastated after her and Tim's evening together and Daisy comforts her baby sister. Jojo is trying to have sex with her boyfriend Bill (Vincent D'Onofrio), whom she attempted marrying at the beginning of the movie, but fainted after deciding she couldn't go through with it. However, Bill refuses to have sex with her until they are married, which is something she still isn't ready for. Seeing how she tries to look for every chance to have sex with him, Bill believes that Jojo doesn't love him like he does her, and is only after him for sex, and breaks up with her. After all those events, at work, a famous TV food critic, nicknamed "Everyday Gourmet," comes to the pizzeria, and the shocked employees try creating the best pizza they ever made. Not showing any emotion towards the pizza that he eats, Gourmet leaves, leaving the girls in suspense. However, a few days later, Gourmet gives the pizzeria his highest rating, calling it "superb." In the end, Kat receives her last paycheck from Tim (which she tears up and throws away), and never sees him again. Jojo finally agrees to marry Bill, and at their wedding, Daisy and Charles reconcile. The film ends with the three girls together overlooking the water from the balcony of the restaurant, reminiscing about their time together. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mystic Pizza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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