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Mystic Pizza is a 1988 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Donald Petrie in his feature directorial debut, set in the coastal town of Mystic, Connecticut, and starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, and Lili Taylor. The film follows the coming-of-age of three young Portuguese-American waitresses at the titular pizza parlor. It received positive reviews, with Roger Ebert writing, "I have a feeling that Mystic Pizza may someday become known for the movie stars it showcased back before they became stars. All of the young actors in this movie have genuine gifts." It also marked Matt Damon's film debut.

Sisters Kat and Daisy Araújo, and their friend Josephina "JoJo" Barboza, are young Portuguese-American women working as waitresses at Mystic Pizza, a pizza parlor owned by Leona and her husband Vic in the fishing town of Mystic, Connecticut.

JoJo is engaged to Bill but faints at their wedding because she has reservations. The weight of responsibility of marriage and family hits her all at once and she is overcome.

She wants to continue having a relationship with Bill until she is ready to be married. She loves her physical relationship with Bill but he wants more. Bill breaks up with her because she will not commit, although it is clear they both love each other.

Kat and Daisy are opposites. Kat, the younger sister, is an aspiring astronomer. She has been accepted to Yale University on a partial scholarship and, in addition to waitressing at Mystic Pizza and babysitting, is working at the Mystic Seaport Whaling Museum‘s planetarium. In contrast, glamorous Daisy's goal is to have as much fun as possible.

Daisy meets Charles, a rich young man, at a bar. The two begin a relationship, much to her mother's dismay. At a family dinner, Charles's relatives make insensitive comments about Daisy's Portuguese ethnicity, and Charles overreacts. Daisy breaks up with him, accusing him of using her to rebel against his parents.

Kat becomes infatuated with Tim, an architect and Yale graduate who has hired her to babysit his four-year-old daughter Phoebe while his wife works in England. A relationship develops between them, and they sleep together.

Tensions rise between the two sisters: Kat criticizes Daisy for being promiscuous, which Daisy resents, since Kat is having an affair with a married man. However, when Tim’s wife Nicki returns, Tim rejects Kat. Daisy consoles her sister, and they reconcile.

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