Nobody's Fool (1986 film)

Nobody's Fool is a 1986 comedy film written by playwright Beth Henley. It stars Rosanna Arquette, Eric Roberts and Mare Winningham.

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

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.