What is Mystic Pizza about?
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
Three young women navigate first loves and big dreams in a charming, bittersweet coming-of-age story.
Romantic, with wholesome humor. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on MGM+, Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), YouTube (free), Plex (free) and Tubi (free).
Mystic Pizza parents guide
Some innuendo or implied sex and no real violence, about what an R should carry.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Cast and crew
Directed byDonald Petrie
StarringJulia Roberts, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor, Vincent D'Onofrio, William R. Moses, Adam Storke
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