An Awfully Big Adventure

R, 113 min. Directed by Andrew Davis. Starring Andy Garcia, Alan Arkin, Rachel Ticotin, Joe Pantoliano, Ally Walker, Holland Taylor.

REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Fri., Oct. 6, 1995

Last time out, the combination of director Mike Newell and actor Hugh Grant resulted in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral. Here, the story is set backstage in a Liverpool theatre company in the years following WWII. A starry-eyed teenage girl provides the focal point as her love for the theatre leads her into other grown-up situations.

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An Awfully Big Adventure, Andrew Davis, Andy Garcia, Alan Arkin, Rachel Ticotin, Joe Pantoliano, Ally Walker, Holland Taylor

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