Nobody's Fool is a 1986 comedy film written by playwright Beth Henley. It stars Rosanna Arquette, Eric Roberts and Mare Winningham.
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Plot
Cassie (Rosanna Arquette) who seeks love and escape from her mundane ordinary life meets a traveling Shakespeare troupe offering a community acting workshop.
Cast
Rosanna Arquette as Cassie
Eric Roberts as Riley
Mare Winningham as Pat
Jim Youngs as Billy
Louise Fletcher as Pearl
Gwen Welles Shirley
Stephen Tobolowsky as Kirk
Charlie Barnett as Nick
J.J. Hardy as Ralphy
William Steis as Frank
Belita Moreno as Jane
Lewis Arquette as Mr. Fry
Ronnie Claire Edwards as Bingo
Ann Hearn as Linda
Scott Rosensweig as Winston
Cheli Ann Chew as Prissy Lee
Reception
Critical response
Film critic Michael Wilmington of the Los Angeles Times wrote in his review: "Nobody's Fool doesn't really jell, but it's still a sometimes rhapsodically goofy experience. If Arquette doesn't really hold the center together, she at least flies off ravishingly at the edges. The movie is a fond valentine to the special salvations of theater. It's an ode to a squeezed heartland, small-town desperation and sheer, stunning blind love."
Release
Nobody's Fool was released on November 7, 1986 in 290 theatres and grossed $258,100 in its opening weekend.
The film was released on DVD on January 25, 2005, by MGM Home Entertainment.