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Gas Food Lodging

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1992 | 101 min | Drama, Romance

Saturday Specialearly rating

Why it’s a Saturday Special

It earned strong reviews (81% on Rotten Tomatoes), despite soft box office. A strong pick for the weekend.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for romantics. If you loved Dirty Dancing or The Man in the Moon, start here.
The mood
Warm and romantic.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 41 min.
What might put you off
Rated R: meant for adults.

Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and rebellious Trudi drops out of school and gets a job alongside Nora, while the younger Shade whittles away her time at Spanish movie matinees. Their lives are turned upside down when Trudi becomes pregnant and the girls' absent father returns.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsStrong

    81% on Rotten Tomatoes, 78 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsSolid

    Won 1 Independent Spirit Award: Best Female Lead. Also nominated for 1 more Independent Spirit Award. Plus 1 other award.

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $1 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 31K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Allison Anders

  • Brooke AdamsNora
  • Ione SkyeTrudi
  • Fairuza BalkShade
  • James BrolinJohn Evans
  • Robert KnepperDank
  • David LansburyHamlet
  • Jacob VargasJavier
  • Donovan LeitchDarius
  • Chris MulkeyRaymond
  • Laurie O'BrienThelma