An exercise in Dust Bowl nostalgia, this earnest film follows the quixotic adventures of self-styled oilman Robert Duvall and his thoroughly adorable cat, Matilda. Duvall invades the hardscrabble life of dreamer Aidan Quinn, who's about to lose the family farm and will grasp at any
straw to keep it. For all the gritty cinematography and dust-streaked performances, STARS is pure fairy tale. The performances are excellent and the cat too precious for words, so loud and cute that she upstages everyone. Still, STARS is so thick with the sepia haze of memory that you may feel
slightly suffocated.
Released:
1995
Rated:
PG
Length:
110 mins