
In the boring desert of New Mexico, a single mother raises her two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, whose deepest desire is to leave the dead calm town. Shade is the type to escape in her extravagant fantasies while Trudi is so rebelious it could drive her away.... (Full plot summary below)
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In the boring desert of New Mexico, a single mother raises her two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, whose deepest desire is to leave the dead calm town. Shade is the type to escape in her extravagant fantasies while Trudi is so rebelious it could drive her away.
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| Boston GlobeJay CarrThere are subtly etched characters, effortlessly fine performances, and a moving story that is not easily forgotten. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonSplendid... It's a great movie about making do. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeGas Food Lodging deals with issues, but its strength lies in the characters that struggle at the heart of the story. Anders has made this film far from the glitz of Hollywood and the money that comes with the limelight. Hopefully, for her next project, she'll be able to maintain the gritty quality which makes her debut such a memorable effort. |
| The Associated PressBob ThomasGas Food Lodging is really about the same thing Thelma & Louise was about: It’s a portrait of working-class women betrayed and abandoned by men. Yet I vastly preferred this movie’s generous and buoyant tone. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyOne of the major achievements of Anders' impressive debut is that it touches all the right issues of contemporary working class women without ever being stridently anti-male. |
| Orlando SentinelJay BoyarGas Food Lodging's poster sums up everything the movie isn't about. In a woeful effort to put a sexy spin on proceedings, lone Skye and Fairuza Balk stare out with dodgy come-hither pouts, and the tag line ("When Shade's good she's very good, but when Trudi's bad, she's better") succeeds, with just a dozen words, to undermine the integrity of the whole damn shooting match. |
| Hartford CourantMalcolm JohnsonThe relationships of the women with their men and boys gives Gas, Food, Lodging its twists and turns, but its ultimate message is female bonding. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe down-to-earth quality and the earnest performances by Ione Skye and Fairuza Balk as small town sisters ground the film. |
| San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannIt's too bad that Gas Food Lodging is as disconnected as it is because there's a real current of feeling here, especially in Balk's sympathetic performance and the film's unflinching depiction of a single woman trying to raise a family on her own. Rather than make a lasting impression, it makes only a passing one, as impermanent as the momentary view of a dying town on the highway. |
| User ReviewLauralove this movie..usually like to watch it when im a little depressed..on a dark foggy day.kinda brings me back to my teen years in NM..altho i never lived in a trailer park might sound depressing....but its a beautiful film..a slice of life |