Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 3
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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
May 1, 1998 Wide
Oct 13, 1998
Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Cast
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Breckin Meyer
Keller -
Peter Facinelli
Terrell Lee -
Eddie Mills
John -
Ethan Embry
Squirrel -
Ashley Johnson
Josie -
Patricia Wettig
Mrs. Lusk -
Michael O'Neill
Mr. Lusk -
Eddie Jones
Earl -
Wayne Tippit
Keller's Grandfather -
Alexandra Holden
Vivian -
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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.
Top CriticHighly entertaining and credibly performed
A spiffy valentine to small-town America.
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.
By no means an earth-shattering, important film, but it is quiet and entertaining.
The characters and their emotions are painted with a big, sloppy brush. Texas-sized.
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