
Hamburger joint waitress Sally Jackson is pregnant. When Beatrice, the wife of the father, finds out about his infidelity, she sends her sons from a previous marriage, military pilots Angus and Dorian Montier, to scare the living daylights out of him. Their gunship does such a good job, without hitting him, that he dies from a heart attack. Worrying about radio interference that night, they investigate who might have heard too much within the fairly empty reception perimeter,... (Full plot summary below)
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Hamburger joint waitress Sally Jackson is pregnant. When Beatrice, the wife of the father, finds out about his infidelity, she sends her sons from a previous marriage, military pilots Angus and Dorian Montier, to scare the living daylights out of him. Their gunship does such a good job, without hitting him, that he dies from a heart attack. Worrying about radio interference that night, they investigate who might have heard too much within the fairly empty reception perimeter, and soon discover only Sally could, still ignorant about her affair with his step-dad Henry. Dorian takes a job there to be sure, but soon falls for her himself, while mother-obsessed moron Angus would do anything to anyone for her honor...
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt has elements of sweet romance and elements of macabre humor, and divides its characters between the two. |
| Salon.comCharles TaylorA movie comedy that manages to be consistently funny without becoming assaultive, and that remains consistently sweet-tempered even at its most macabre, isn't so common that we can refuse this one's modest pleasures. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe home fries are too salty for my taste. |
| L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisWritten by Vince Gilligan and directed by newcomer Dean Parisot, Home Fries is far too cute and eager to please, but Barrymore and Wilson are charming, and O'Hara is a blast. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanFor every good performance and delightful, well-written scene, there would be a large amount of off-the-wall material that did not work at all. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid BartholomewWhat's interesting is pretty much unintentional, centering in the film's performances, which are excellent indeed. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenThis absurdist satire of sex, sibling rivalry, Oedipal ties, homicidal fantasies and fast food in the American heartland at least has the right attitude. It just isn't funny enough in its particulars to make you break up laughing. |
| TV Guide MagazineSandra ContrerasThe film boasts slick production values and a charmingly modest turn from the charismatic Barrymore, but it's too trifling and uneven to be a good date movie. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittBarrymore and Busey walk away with the acting honors, but no aspect of the picture is more than mildly entertaining. |
| Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorToo dry to be very funny and too contrived to be outrageous, this movie has a tone so unusual it almost seems to have none at all. |