The free spirit of Buckeye Basin, a bit off balance ever since she was dumped by her boyfriend in mid-pregnancy, and habitually gussied up in the style of either an outdated flower child or a premature bag lady, finds a kindred spirit in a theatrical touring company out of Los Angeles: "You remind me," she tells him out of the blue, "of a pair of green mittens I had once." Heavy on the spices and light on the underlying ingredients, the original screenplay by Beth Henley is in the "humorous" American Gothic vein, throwing off stuff like a pet bullfrog, an albino bride, a graveyard picnic, and incessant lines like "Can't seem to get rid of these warts all over my back" -- in short, so much eccentricity as to swallow up the heroine in the crowd. Rosanna Arquette, Eric Roberts, Mare Winningham, and Louise Fletcher; directed by Evelyn Purcell. (1986) — Duncan Shepherd
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