MEET MONICA VELOUR

     KIM CATTRALL  DUSTIN INGRAM  BRIAN DENNEHY

TOBE (INGRAM)  HAS JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL  HE LIVES WITH HIS GRANDFATHER POP POP (DENNEHY) AND RUNS A MOBILE HOT DOG TRUCK, THE FAMILY'S BUSINESS.  TOBE IS ALSO A HUGE FAN OF MONICA VELOUR (CATTRALL) A FORMER PORN STAR FROM THE 80'S.  AS A GRADUATION PRESENT POP POP GIVES TOBE THE HOT DOG TRUCK, WHICH TOBE PUTS UP FOR SALE.  HE GETS AN OFFER FROM A MAN IN INDIANA, AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT MONICA IS MAKING AN APPEARANCE AT A NEAR BY STRIP CLUB, SO TOBE DRIVES THE TRUCK TO INDIANA.  ONCE THERE, HE BECOMES FRIENDS WITH MONICA, BUT ALSO DISCOVERS SHE IS CARRYING A LOT OF BAGGAGE WITH MANY PERSONAL PROBLEMS.
CATTRALL'S PERFORMANCE AS VELOUR IS INCREDIBLE.  EVERYTHING FROM HER POSTURE TO HER LOOK TO HER ATTITUDE TO HER LIFE CHOICES CREATES A HARDENED WASHED UP VERY BELIEVABLE EX PORN STAR.  INGRAM IS ALMOST JUST AS GOOD.  HE PORTRAYS TOBE AS A QUIRKY, NERDY, INNOCENT AND NAIVE TEENAGER WHO REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE WHERE HE IS, BUT ACCEPTS IT AND ONLY WANTS TO HELP BECAUSE OF HIS CRUSH ON MONICA.  THE STORY IS WELL WRITTEN WITH QUITE BELIEVABLE DIALOGUE, PROBABLY BECAUSE MANY OF THE LINES CAME FROM REAL EX PORN STARS WHOM THE WRITER HAD INTERVIEWED.  DON'T PASS UP THIS GEM OF A MOVIE.
RATING  3 out of 5