New Age mysticism runs rampant throughout FATE, an amorphous comedy-drama toplining writer-director Stuart Paul as Jake Blackburn, an easygoing LA writer who lives with his nutty-but-nurturing family in a shabby house wedged between looming skyscrapers.
The Blackburn homestead, of course, is meant to symbolize a homely alternative to stressful modern life. Get it? Jake meets and romances Chelly (Cheryl M. Lynn), a model whose California good looks hide a traumatic childhood of abuse and molestation by an alcoholic father. Jake and Chelly are a
happy West Coast couple at first; he's into ESP and astrology, while she digs mermaids and "sea spirits." But Chelly sta...
Released:
1992
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
114 mins