No Looking Back

No Looking Back is a 1998 American dramagenre film directed, written, produced by, and starring Edward Burns. The film centers on the relationship of Charlie Burns and Claudia Lauren Holly. The film had a limited theatrical release and grossed less than 250,000 domestically from itsmillion budget.

At first Charlie lays low, embarrassed hes returned home empty handed and unaccomplished. Hero to most of his childhood friends, Charlie appears to be the only one who left their small east coast seaside town after high school. Word does soon travel instigating a visit from one of Charlies best high school buds. Michael, Bon Jovi a thoroughly blue collar kind of guy, is interested in more than just saying hello after all these years. Michaels idea of catching up is letting Charlie know that Claudia and Michael are living together and are planning to be married. Although Charlie tells Michael he is okay with how things have changed, he is shocked and hurt.Claudia,Holly it turns out, is a waitress in the smalltown luncheonette, complete with skirted pink uniforms and is Charlies high school sweetheart, whom he left behind in the wake of an unwanted pregnancy and abortion. Charlie visits Claudia at work despite his knowledge of her relationship with Michael. Still hurt from Charlies posthigh school departure, she tells Charlie to leave her alone. Stuck there most of her life and as her 30th birthday approaches, Claudia dreams of bigger things, but if afraid to take a chance. ........

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