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- 1992
- R
- IRS Media
- 1 h 41 m
- 1992
- R
- IRS Media
- 1 h 41 m
Summary A waitress lives with her two teen daughters in a trailer park in New Mexico. They all want a boyfriend.
Directed By: Allison Anders
Written By: Richard Peck, Allison Anders
- 1992
- R
- IRS Media
- 1 h 41 m
- 1992
- R
- IRS Media
- 1 h 41 m
Gas Food Lodging
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Summary A waitress lives with her two teen daughters in a trailer park in New Mexico. They all want a boyfriend.
Directed By: Allison Anders
Written By: Richard Peck, Allison Anders
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
78
83% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
17% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Gas Food Lodging is a film about nourishment on a financial and emotional shoestring. It's a delight. [19 Sept 1992, p.29]
Bleached by the Southwestern sun, this blunt and biting look at a shattered family’s struggle to survive everyday life in Nowheresville, New Mexico, is not only inspired and entertaining, but accessible to thick-headed louts like myself.
There are subtly etched characters, effortlessly fine performances, and a moving story that is not easily forgotten.
The cast responds with excellent work. Brooke Adams expresses all the yearning and futility of a hard-pressed mother, and Ione Skye and Fairuza Balk shine as the daughters. The males are dimensional, too, and Brolin's brief performance suggests a future as a character actor. [10 Aug 1982]
Bleak and beautiful, GAS FOOD LODGING is a richly evocative look at lives in waiting.
At times, though, the appealing but uneven film seems rather disjointed, with Anders not quite getting a handle on her material, which is weakened by a sometimes-murky storyline (some of the minor characters drift in and out for no apparent reason) and pretention (there is a lot of talk at the end about the desert being a kind of metaphor for hope and renewal). Still, Anders decidedly is a director worth watching. [6 Nov 1992, p.J]
It's too bad that Gas Food Lodging is as disconnected as it is because there's a real current of feeling here, especially in Balk's sympathetic performance and the film's unflinching depiction of a single woman trying to raise a family on her own. Rather than make a lasting impression, it makes only a passing one, as impermanent as the momentary view of a dying town on the highway.
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Awards
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Deauville Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
