Just Add Water (film)

Just Add Water
Promotional poster
Directed byHart Bochner
Written byHart Bochner
Produced by
  • Clifford Werber
  • Robin Bissell
  • Brook Stefan
Starring
CinematographyAaron Barnes
Edited by
  • Alan Cody
  • James Renfroe
Music byJohn Swihart
Release date
  • June 17, 2008 (2008-06-17)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Just Add Water is a 2008 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Hart Bochner. The film stars Dylan Walsh as a hardworking man living in the same small town in which he was born and grew up, Danny DeVito as a gas station owner, and Justin Long as a meth dealer.

Plot

This film is an offbeat romantic comedy about Ray Tuckby, a decent guy with a dead-end life in the dead-end town of Trona, California. After discovering that his wife has had an affair with his brother Mark and that his son Eddie is actually Mark's son, he decides to start his life all over again.

Ray's mother and sister die after they fight over his mother's secret lemon meringue pie recipe. After their funeral, his mother's lawyer gives Ray his share of his mother's legacy, including the recipe. He gives the legacy to Eddie for his college expenses, but Eddie says he is working for the local teenage meth baron, Dirk.

After Ray meets and takes encouragement from Merl, a new Chevron gas station operator, Ray begins to dream again.

Ray musters the nerve to pursue his childhood love, Nora, and after Dirk shuts down the town's electricity and water supplies, Ray and his neighbors finally plot to take back his community by toppling Dirk.

Ray then goes on to marry Nora and opens a restaurant with her, using his mother's lemon meringue pie as the signature dish. Eddie works as his chef while Spoonie, Denny and his wife work as waiters. Everything works towards a happy ending, with Nora also shown to be expecting a baby.

Cast