Sweet young Marty brings his ingenuous doughnut-shop waitress girlfriend, Lesly, home to meet his family at their opulent Washington D.C. mansion. But the Turkey Day goings-on are considerably less than wholesome, as Lesly discovers the moment she meets Marty's decidedly dysfunctional family, including his asylum-reject twin sister, Jackie-O, whose hobbies include incest and reenacting the JFK assassination with prop blood and her brother as victim. Though a smash at the predominantly independent Sundance Film Festival, this effort was bankrolled by Spelling's sitcom magnate dad, Aaron. Based on the eponymous stage play by Wendy MacLeod.
Excerpt: "Were you poor? Did you eat chicken pot pie?" JackieO (Parker Posey)
"I watch soap operas. I bake brownies. Normalcy is pulsing through my veins." JackieO
DVD Features:
Region 1 Encoding
Keep Case
Distributor Notes: The House Of Yes
This outrageous comedy was cheered for its edgy humor and hot young cast! All Marty (Josh Hamilton -- ALIVE) wants is a normal life, but nothing goes as planned when his fiancee (Tori Spelling -- SCREAM 2) meets his far-from-normal family. His beautiful but crazy twin sister, "Jackie-O" (Parker Posey -- DAZED AND CONFUSED), becomes dangerously jealous ... and their younger brother (Freddie Prinze, Jr. -- I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER) puts the moves on Marty's new love! Soon, Mother's hiding the kitchen knives ... but she can't hide the family's shockingly hilarious secrets! One of Hollywood's most talked about releases in years -- this offbeat motion picture is wild entertainment fun!
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Costume Designer
Edi Giguere: Costume Designer
Director of Photography
Michael Spiller: Cinematographer, "Flirt"
Story
Wendy MacLeod: Playwright
Production Designer
Patrick Sherman:
Review 1:
"...A one-of-a-kind movie..."
Source: New York Times
p.E10 10/10/1997
Review 2:
"...Parker Posey may never have a role that suits her as perfectly...Exuberantly whacked..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.44 10/17/1997
Review 3:
"...Few actresses can smolder from beneath the lowered brow more dramatically than Parker Posey..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.36 10/17/1997