
As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. Vinnie decides to make a play for Rosie, lures Carter to California, steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky wi... (Full plot summary below)
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As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. Vinnie decides to make a play for Rosie, lures Carter to California, steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky with the original blackmail material. Carter begs Vinnie's friend, a grocery clerk named Cecilia, to follow Vinnie and get the stuff back that he has in a box. Will she succeed?
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| South Florida Sun-SentinelTom SanderThis deadly slow, boring, overwrought, silly and stilted melodrama is so awful you ask, 'Why did anyone think this was worth making?' |
| Reel.comMatt ReichlDespite a dream cast and an interesting neo-noir setup, his film races straight into tedium. |
| Portland OregonianDiana Abu-JaberPossesses the open-ended, continual off-kilterness of Shepard theater. |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonThis is an engaging movie, which shows its theatrical origins, both positively and negatively. |
| L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonDemands full attention, if only for the pleasure of watching great actors mine Shepard's harsh, beautiful language for all it's worth. |
| Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)Jeffrey WesthoffNolte and Bridges have too much talent to play their uninspired characters. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThis stylized tale of guilt and retribution is a surprisingly sleek and affecting drama. |
| TNT RoughCutSpencer H. AbbottAn unbeatable cast lends satisfying emotional texture. |
| Salon.comCharles TaylorWarchus seems as at ease with the complexity of the style as he is with directing actors. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA somewhat bewildering and unsatisfying film that nevertheless contains more inspired moments and brilliant scenes than many movies we call successes. |