Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, former porn star Mikey Saber decides to crawl back to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, where his estranged wife and mother-in-law are living. Just as this dysfunctional family seems to be making things work, Mikey meets a young woman named Strawberry working the cash register at a local doughnut shop.
Simon Rex
Mikey
Suzanna Son
Strawberry
Bree Elrod
Lexi
Ethan Darbone
Lonnie
Brenda Deiss
Lil
Judy Hill
Leondria
Brittney Rodriguez
June
Marlon Lambert
Ernesto
Vickie Pearce
Manager #1
Bashir Abboud
Manager #2
Kevin Cavanaugh
Manager #3
Caressa Garza
Manager #4
Melary Jones
Leondria's Friend #1
Najeeb Hassan
Quick Stop Clerk
Leigh Ann Welch
Leondria's Friend #2
Debra Johnson
Yard Sale Seller
Alex Michell
Dancer #1
Curt Smith
Club DJ
Shih-Ching Tsou
Ms. Phan
Andrew Carter
Hungry Hard Hat #1
Stanley Buffington
Hungry Hard Hat #2
Daniel Gonzalez
Hungry Hard Hat #3
Robert Gonzales
Hungry Hard Hat #4
Zachary Kemp
Hungry Hard Hat #5
Efrain Avendaño
Hungry Hard Hat #6
Shawn Harper
Hungry Hard Hat #7
David Maxwell
Lonnie's Dad
Nate Venz
Buff Veteran
Anthony Carvelli
Blonde Veteran
Parker Bigham
Nash
Brandy Kirl
Nash's Mother
Dustin Hart
Nash's Father
Allison Fuller
Homeowner
Dimitri Manetas
Club Owner
Roza Kastis
Club Worker
Alayna Polk
Dancer #2
Karren Karagulian
Arash (voice)
Darinda Fuller
Interviewee
Lindsey Fuller
Studio Reporter
Elisa Silva
Reporter
Gary Fuller
Attorney
Seward B. Lott
June's Friend 'B'
Mason Shortland
Marcus - Store Patron (uncredited)
Director, Writer
Sean Baker
Writer
Chris Bergoch
April 4, 2022
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Simon Rex is "Mikey", a down on his luck former porn star who has to return to live with his unwelcoming ex wife "Lexi" (Bree Elrod) and her mother "Lil" (Brenda Deiss). He sleeps on their couch, can't get a job, so ends up dealing dope and that's when he meets the young - and innocent - "Strawberry" (Suzanna Son) who is working at a doughnut shop. He turns on all his charms and soon enough they decide that they are going to elope with $3,000 of his ill-gotten gains. Well, that's their plan anyway, Of course, his ex; her mother and the local drugs queenpin don't quite approve. At times it's quite niftily paced with quite a few laughs, but I found the plot to be really quite thin and predictable as the thing went on. As an observational piece on the sort of trailer-park existence in rural Texas, it is probably quite authentic, but it just didn't do much for me. Over two hours was just far too long to sustain the theme, and aside from quite an engagingly quirky effort from Deiss, I felt this was another film that could happily wait for it's small screen release before watching it.