Gas Food Lodging

1992 101 min ★ 6.2 Drama, Romance

Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and rebellious Trudi drops out of school and gets a job alongside Nora, while the younger Shade whittles away her time at Spanish movie matinees. Their lives are turned upside down when Trudi becomes pregnant and the girls' absent father returns.

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Cast

Brooke Adams

Nora

Ione Skye

Trudi

Fairuza Balk

Shade

James Brolin

John Evans

Robert Knepper

Dank

David Lansbury

Hamlet

Jacob Vargas

Javier

Donovan Leitch

Darius

Chris Mulkey

Raymond

Laurie O'Brien

Thelma

Details

Director

Allison Anders

Screenplay

Allison Anders

Tagline

"When Shade's good, she's very good. But when Trudi's bad, she's better."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$1,345,236

Production

Cineville

Reviews

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Wuchak

September 6, 2025

★ 7/10

**_Lost hearts in New Mexico with rooms vacant_** A single mother (Brooke Adams) and her two teenage daughters (Ione Skye and Fairuza Balk) live in a bleak small town in the desert. They each struggle with the boredom of mundane life and pursue romance. "Gas Food Lodging" (1992) is part reverent coming-of-age drama, similar to the future “Dreamland,” and part aging mother looking for love in...