Middle of Nowhere - DVD

From the director of Blue Crush comes Middle of Nowhere, a witty, warm-hearted comedy about two precocious teens and their unusual families. A pair of co-workers at a small-town water park; restless troublemaker Dorian (Anton Yelchin, Star Trek) and the tightly wound Grace (Eva Amurri, Californication); form an unlikely bond when Dorian cooks up an illicit plan to earn big money. With no assistance from a flaky, free-spending mom (Oscar winner Susan Sarandon) and competition from a sexy younger sister (Willa Holland, Legion), Grace needs all the help she can get if she's going to make it to college.

Co-scripters Annie Clark and Carrie Brownstein play fictionalized versions of themselves-maybe-in this mockumentary-thriller, as Annie hires Carrie to direct a concert chronicle of Clark's stage persona, St. Vincent. However, as Brownstein concludes that Annie just isn't as colorful as her alter ego, the filmmaker pushes her subject into more extreme behavior... with more extreme consequences. Mischievously meta opus co-stars Dakota Johnson, Ezra Buzzington, Toko Yasuda. 91 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

Hilarious, comedy adventure starring Carl Anthony Payne II, Loretta Devine George Clinton and Mitch Mullany. (1999) Running time 86 minutes.