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Shy People (1987)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:5
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A sophisticated New York journalist, assigned to write an article on her family tree, takes her sullen teenage daughter in tow and heads down to the Louisiana Bayou to meet some of her relatives.... A sophisticated New York journalist, assigned to write an article on her family tree, takes her sullen teenage daughter in tow and heads down to the Louisiana Bayou to meet some of her relatives. But when they arrive in the primitive swampland, she discovers a strange and sometimes dangerous world, different from any she's ever known -- and she's not sure she can even trust her own family to help her. [More]
Starring: Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Hershey, Martha Plimpton, Don Swayze
Starring: Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Hershey, Martha Plimpton, Don Swayze, Merritt Butrick, John Philbin, Mare Winningham
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
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