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April 1 - 8, 1998

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One and a half stars

Home Fries

(Warners)

Drew Barrymore waddles about as a pregnant fast-food-joint worker whose married middle-aged lover mysteriously dies. Shortly after, she crosses paths with the man's stepsons: one (Luke Wilson) wants to kiss her, the other (Jake Busey) wants to kill her. Meanwhile, the two boys vie for the affections of their mother (a shrewish Catherine O'Hara) like psychotic Smothers Brothers. Only Daryl Mitchell as a high-strung burger flipper cooks up any laughs. Otherwise, Home Fries inflicts some serious cinematic indigestion.
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