This is a nice little film that will bring a smile to your face. An excellent character study too, of an aging woman on a crossroads in her life. Gena Rowlands is excellent as that woman, and Marisa Tomei too is good in her usual "on the edge"-performance. Unfortunately, this film has some major flaws. In fact, this film is a bit too "normal" and predictable. I mean, I've seen SHE'S SO LOVELY too, another film by Nick Cassavetes and was surprised to see how edgy and surprising that film was. I guess I expected to see that here too.
Also, there were some less convincing characters in this film. It's a shame to see how little Gerard Depardieu gets to do here. He's a great actor(just watch JEAN DE FLORETTE), but in Hollywood he always gets to play the part of "some French/Canadian drifter", most notable for his accent. That's just a terrible waste of talent. And then there was the young Jake Lloyd. Boy, was he unconvincing. There are so many good child actors these days(though some less talented ones too), but young Lloyd here is not one of them (for now) in my opinion. And does that boy ever smile? Not a very likeable character in this film.
But anyways, you'll surely like this film. It's not a masterpiece, but if you like the leads(Rowlands and Tomei), you'll be pleased. They carry this a long way. 7/10
Also, there were some less convincing characters in this film. It's a shame to see how little Gerard Depardieu gets to do here. He's a great actor(just watch JEAN DE FLORETTE), but in Hollywood he always gets to play the part of "some French/Canadian drifter", most notable for his accent. That's just a terrible waste of talent. And then there was the young Jake Lloyd. Boy, was he unconvincing. There are so many good child actors these days(though some less talented ones too), but young Lloyd here is not one of them (for now) in my opinion. And does that boy ever smile? Not a very likeable character in this film.
But anyways, you'll surely like this film. It's not a masterpiece, but if you like the leads(Rowlands and Tomei), you'll be pleased. They carry this a long way. 7/10