“Permanent” (*1/2 out of four) was a permanently dumb adolescent comedy set in 1982 in which a young girl (Kira McLean) moves with her redneck parents (Patricia Arquette and Rainn Wilson) to a new city where she is ostracized and made fun of because of her “perm hairstyle” but she is determined to persevere and not give up in life. Story of adolescent growing pains, ostracization, and southern-fried comedy lacks any conviction and laughs. You may as well watch re-runs of The Jerry Springer Show instead. What the hell is Arquette doing in this movie?