Pizza

Michael lives with Anu, who’s writing a horror novel. Michael, who fears all things supernatural, has a fearsome encounter while delivering pizza at a house, which also leads to Anu’s disappearance., A lonely, obese high-school girl has a series of comical adventures as she tags along with a thirtysomething pizza deliveryman on his rounds. Ethan Embry and Kylie Sparks star in this quirky and touching tale. Julie Hagerty, Martin Campetta, Joey Kern. Written and directed by Mark Christopher., Mark Christopher – writer-director of the hit Miramax drama 54 (1998) – returns to the helmer’s chair for the first occasion in eight years with the indie comedy Pizza, from IFC Films. An unofficial homage to mid-80s teen films, the picture concerns Cara-Ethyl (Kylie Sparks), an overweight high-schooler whose mom (screen vet Julie Hagerty) lost her sight in a baking accident. Despondent and lonely as her eighteenth birthday arrives and passes – not to mention embarrassed by her lack of friends – Cara attempts to save face by lying to her mother and pretending that she’s expecting a whole host of guests. She then impersonates the “friends” one at a time in front of her mother. When thirty-something pizza delivery guy Matt turns up, Cara falls instantly in love; he then invites her to accompany him, into the night, on his pizza route. As Matt inducts Cara into the area’s social realm – replete with bed-hopping flatmates, deadhead teenage addicts and obstinate employers – a friendship forms between the two. Joey Kern, Alexis Dziena and Judah Friedlander co-star., Quirky tale of a lonely, overweight high-school girl who tags along with a thirtysomething pizza deliveryman.