Get out your handkerchiefs: This warm 'n' fuzzy drama is bound and determined to have its way with your tear ducts. And thanks to the efforts of its solid cast, it'll be a cold, cold heart that remains untouched. Recently released from prison, young Percy (Alison
Elliott) -- who's deeply vulnerable beneath her tough exterior -- lands in tiny, picture-postcard Gilead, ME. She finds both a job and a place to stay at the only eatery in town, the Spitfire Grill. Percy bonds with the grill's crusty proprietor, Hannah (Ellen Burstyn) and coworker Shelby (Marcia
Gay Harden), but the townsfolk remain suspicious of the beguiling ex-con, particularly after Percy cooks up a r...
Released:
1996
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
118 mins