Sparkler

1997, U.S., 96m, DCP

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Screened June 26, 2024

Before making his cult favorite Jawbreaker, Stein co-wrote and directed this kinder and gentler dramedy spotlighting veteran actresses Park Overall (Empty NestBiloxi Blues) and Veronica Cartwright (The Children’s HourThe Witches of Eastwick) as, respectively, a runaway wife and her old friend-turned-Vegas performer who take three callow yet self-questioning young men (played by Freddie Prinze Jr., Jamie Kennedy, and Steven Petrarca) under their wings. With Don Harvey, Grace Zabriskie, and future Oscar winner Octavia Spencer as a psychic.

A film by Darren Stein