Mystic Pizza - Definition and Overview

Mystic Pizza is a 1988 film directed by Donald Petrie and starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, and Lili Taylor as the three main characters: Kat, Daisy, and Jojo. The film is about the romance lives of the three, who all work as waitresses at "Mystic Pizza" in Mystic, Connecticut.

The movie also touches on an Old World work ethic. Kat and Daisy are sisters and rivals; the former works all the time and aspires to attend Yale University, while the latter just wants to have fun. Kat is the apple of her Portuguese mother's eye, while Daisy is not, as she is promiscuous, something which her whole family (as Catholics) hates.

Vincent D'Onofrio co-stars; Matt Damon has a small part in his screen debut.