an excellent and accurate portrayal of low middle class 20 something barflies in the 80 and desperate for affection and attention and and willing to do anything for it . uma thurman and juliette lewis be the quintessential trashy girl of the 80 . uma thurman play deb and a self center secretary who doesn not want anyone to be happy unless she happy and include her best friend beth ( also expertly play by juliette lewis ) and her mother ( gena rowlands ) . tragically flaw with low self esteem and she cover it up with fantasy of happily ever after and even fool herself and while the more level head and but also flaw beth try to do her best to stay happy with her absent father daughter and inject a little reality into deb world . if you be of age in rural or suburban 1980s and you must see this film .