A Volta de Roxy Carmichael

I had missed this movie years ago when it came out but now was able to view it on NBC's Peacock site, streaming. It is set and filmed mostly in the community of Clyde, Ohio, about 40 or so miles west of Cleveland and a few miles south of Sandusky Bay off Lake Erie.

The star is Winona Ryder, 17 during filming, as Dinky Bossetti. She is an outcast of sorts at school but in reality is one of the more normal, bright students. She knows she was adopted and doesn't seem to be totally accepted by her parents. They are considering sending her to a spacial school for difficult teenagers. When she learns more about the story of Roxy Carmichael who had a baby as a teenager then sent it to Cleveland for adoption right before she skipped town, Dinky begins to think Roxy is her real mother and intends to run off with her.

All this is sparked by news in town that after 15 years Roxy Carmichael is returning to Clyde and they plan to have a big celebration and dance in her honor. It doesn't really make sense for a community to be doing this for someone who ran away as a teenager but hey, it isn't my story.

Anyway I found this "coming of age" movie to be a bit better than its average rating would suggest. Ryder at her young age was already an accomplished and effective actress, playing Roxy as a suitably quirky character. Jeff Daniels is also very good.