Set in the early 1960s and based on the novel of the same name by Patty Dann, Winona Ryder and Madonna star in this dramedy as 15-year-old Charlotte and her wacky mother, who constantly moves Charlotte and her younger half-sister (who's played by Christina Ricci) around the country. Charlotte is obsessed with Catholicism, uneducated about sex, and totally humiliated by her flamboyant mom, but she must come to accept her family for who they are.