Wuchak "Home Fries" (1998) is an offbeat romcom about a pregnant girl (Drew Barrymore) who has two National Guardsmen after her – one wants to romance her (Luke Wilson ) and the other wants to murder her (Jake Busey). The two guys are also brothers. The girl works at a hamburger joint and the brothers are concerned that she might know that they accidentally killed a man by scaring him to death via a military copter, prompted by their manipulative mother (Catherine O'Hara). The dead man just so happens to be the brothers' stepdad and also the guy who got the girl pregnant! As you can see, the plot's bizarre and so the movie should appeal to those with a taste for black humor and the outlandish. Drew's a cutie as always, but not as attractive as usual since she's pregnant the entire film. The story's isn't that compelling, but it's generally amusing, albeit rarely laugh-out-loud funny.The film runs 91 minutes and was shot in the Austin, TX, area (with some parts in El Paso).GRADE: C+

johnny-08 Only one word can describe how I feel after watching this movie.That word is awful."Home Fries" isn't comedy because in real comedy people smile.It was nothing funny in this one,it only gives you reasons to cry.I'm sad to see Drew Barrymore in this role.She is so annoying like her partner(Luke Wilson).Only positive thing is acting of Catherine O'Hara but that is even not enough to give this movie grade 2.Plot of this movie doesn't make any sense.Why would two sons listen to their crazy mother and chase their stepfather in a helicopter?After that chase poor man dies of heart and that is not enough because then they must kill a girl who is carrying that poor man's child,in order to please their mother.But wait,one of those brothers starts to like pregnant girl.How realistic is that?Judge it yourself.WARNING:Don't watch this movie unless someone is pointing gun in your head.

triple8 SPOILERS: I do have a fondness for Barrymore movies and liked her tremendously in this one. Homefries is a very strange movie overall. It starts out one way and then goes another. It's story is somewhat disjointed and although it is very interesting in the beginning, it sort of loses steam early on. What you think it is going to be about is not what it actually is.I enjoyed Drew Barrymore in this role tremendously though even if I really didn't like the overall movie to much. The movie started one way and went off in a total different direction. The plot was all over the place and it is at times dull, others a bit obnoxious. Barrymore however keeps you watching, she is very good in this as Sally. Even if though overall movie was a bit to disjointed for me, Barrymore lends it a bit of a sparkle.I liked the southern atmosphere as well. The direction was good and the movie nicely photographed at any rate. Basically Homefries is neither really good nor really bad, it's main asset is Barrymore. My vote is 5 of 10 .

wizairde This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Barrymore lays yet another egg. Why doesn't she just quit already?It's a good movie if you're bored watching grass grow.Mean, I know. But the movie just comes off trashy and boring. Highlighting a life let's hope is found only in the most remote of places anymore.More like brain fried, just check the rating, which is high at 4.9 or whatever it is now.Enough hatefulness, you've been warned. Use your money to rent that C- movie you've been intrigued with.