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Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)

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Small-town America is the key setting for this tale of four West Texas high-school pals who vowed to leave their tiny town after graduation and head for L.A. Keller (Breckin Meyer) is ready to walk, but his goals are formless. Wealthy Terrell Lee Lusk (Peter Facinelli) knows his parents (Patricia Wettig, Michael O'Neill) want him to work in their family oil business. Squirrel (Ethan Embry), who lives with his alcoholic father in a rundown trailer, should find escape easy, but he finds reasons to

PG, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama, Comedy

Oct 13, 1998

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All Critics (21) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (3)

Tim McCanlies' charming feature directorial debut evokes the spirit of Capra's Depression comedies and Thornton Wilder's Our Town, without the nostalgia or sentimentality of those works.

June 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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Highly entertaining and credibly performed

September 18, 2002 Comment
Moviehole

A spiffy valentine to small-town America.

March 2, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

I don't care if it's a weekend-long slice of life in an incredibly scenic hick town with no major plot line; in fact, that's what I liked most about it.

July 12, 2001 Full Review | Comment

By no means an earth-shattering, important film, but it is quiet and entertaining.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | Comment
DustinPutman.com

The characters and their emotions are painted with a big, sloppy brush. Texas-sized.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International
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Very enjoyable movie. But the more Ethan Embry movies I watch, the more I realize he usually plays the same characters.

April 14, 2010
purplemegan

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This is the epitome of cute, safe family films, but it is funny and sweet and captures small town Texas pretty well.

May 24, 2009
MeetMeinMontauk
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