Licorice Pizza

2021 Drama | Comedy
70%

In the San Fernando Valley in 1973, 25-year-old Alana Kane is going through the motions as a photographer's assistant when 15-year-old child star Gary Valentine makes romantic overtures toward her. Despite the age gap, she agrees to go to dinner with him. Paul Thomas Anderson's romantic comedy, starring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits and Bradley Cooper

Our Review

by Deirdre Molumby
Star Rating:

'Licorice Pizza' is youthful and joyous with two leads you will fall in love with

San Fernando Valley, 1973. Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) is a fifteen year old actor and something of a hustler. Alana Kane (Alana Haim) is a 25 year old photographer’s assistant who’s fed up with her job and family life. He’s cute and dorky; she’s feisty and sharp. The two form an unlikely friendship and over one summer, they face trials and tribulations as they start a business together and navigate what could be first love.

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