Johns . Tucson Weekly . 04-24-97

Johns

DIRECTED BY: Scott Silver

REVIEWED: 04-24-97

This gritty little film features great performances from young actors who manage to enliven this fairly run-of-the-mill tale of sin and redemption. Lukas Haas and David Arquette play a pair of prostitutes hustling their tails on Sunset Boulevard, trying to find meaning and connection in a world where human interactions are on a level with financial transactions. Fellow hustlers, grubby customers, and a stray saint or two complicate their quest for cash, food, love and shelter. Mix together a little bit of Mean Streets, a little bit of Midnight Cowboy...wait, a little bit more of Midnight Cowboy...then add a pinch of 90210 and voilà: Johns.

--Stacey Richter

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