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Former child star and one-time scandal magnet Drew Barrymore had her first teenage role in this offbeat thriller with comic overtones. Charlie Cross (Matt Frewer) is vacationing with his 15-year-old d... read more read more...aughter, Joleen (Barrymore). Charlie and Joleen are stranded in an Arizona trailer park when they run out of gas, and they quickly get to know their temporary neighbors, including ill-tempered landlady Agnes Reed (Susan Tyrrell), her son, Jimmy (Andras Jones), friendly but scrambled Vietnam vet Duckett (Richard Masur), fellow travelers Amy (Jennifer Tilly) and Louise (Karen Austin), and geeky Pinky Sears (Anthony Rapp). However, it turns out that a psychotic murderer is in their midst, and Sheriff Bill Childers (Dick Miller) joins with the mobile home dwellers in trying to catch the killer before he can strike again. Far From Home marked the directorial debut of Meiert Avis, while screenwriter Tommy Lee Wallace previously worked with co-star Frewer as a director for the TV series Max Headroom. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Meiert Avis, Rachel Tsutsumi

Release Date: June 1, 1988

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DVD Release Date: June 19, 2001

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  • February 26, 2011
    I liked this dramatic thriller, it stars a teenage Drew Barrymore, and the rest of the cast is good too. The story is surprising and suspenseful, it's a good movie.
  • April 4, 2007
    Not a bad teen Drew Barrymore thriller movie.
  • June 27, 2010
    Not bad, but wouldn't watch again. Barrymore looks good and older than 14. There are some messed up people in this movie - kind of reminded me of U-Turn how they got stuck in a little messed up town.
  • March 10, 2010
    There were some good things about this movie, but overall it was a bit weak. Drew Barrymore...can you say Natalie Portman a la Beautiful Girls/The Professional.
  • August 6, 2007
    I loved this movie soooo much. I really felt bad for Joleen though I mean she nearly gets raped by one guy and killed by the other. Good guys are so hard to find these days. LOL
  • June 3, 2007
    A teenage girl and her dad are driving cross country when they run out of gas and become stranded in a trailer park. Meanwhile some people have been killed in the area and that sets the mystery for this thriller that just doesn?t convince. Bad low budget thriller with many plot h... read moreoles and predictable ending make this a very, very bad choice.
  • March 18, 2007
    With the actor we know so much as Mark from RENT, Drew Berrymore as a scared punk little girl is not the hottest video to take off the shelf, but she is the hottest thing you'll see in this film.
    Movie is predictable, but give it a shot to watch.

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