
Jake Grier left his domineering father Fritz's farm in small-town Grumbach to try making it as painter in Chicago, but has to move back when his wife Ellen looses her city teaching job and another in the high-school where they met. The move is resented from the start by their children, pre-teen Bert, whom grandpa scares, and rebellious young teen Amy. Fritz also bosses and humiliates Jake constantly, while his brother Mitch, who died in a car accident years ago, is idolized. ... (Full plot summary below)
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Jake Grier left his domineering father Fritz's farm in small-town Grumbach to try making it as painter in Chicago, but has to move back when his wife Ellen looses her city teaching job and another in the high-school where they met. The move is resented from the start by their children, pre-teen Bert, whom grandpa scares, and rebellious young teen Amy. Fritz also bosses and humiliates Jake constantly, while his brother Mitch, who died in a car accident years ago, is idolized. Grdaually, a dark past lurks back, while Jake's marriage starts falling apart as both spouses are irresistibly attracted to earlier local lovers, in her case sheriff Tom Welton.
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| User Reviewgary twell umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...........its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie.................i think that mary louise parker, tom skerritt, tim guinee, ty wood, clare stone, larissa laskin play good roles/parts thorughout this movie.....................i think that mary louise parker, tom skerritt, clare stone, ty wood were great throughout this movie.................i think that the director of this made for tv/straight to video/straight to dvd/drama movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie.....................i think that this is a really powerful drama movie 2 watch its got a great cast throughout this movie n this is such a powerful drama movie 2 watch |
| User ReviewWilliam CGreat acting, Mary Louise Parker. Absorbing. Held my attention from begining to end. Reasonable story, but so well acted. |
| User ReviewRalph Rkind of odd, but i could stop watching on tv |
| User ReviewJorge MMary-Louise Parker delivers another great performance, as does most of the cast. I've never read the book, but it seems the film moved to quickly through some key points, making it easy to get lost and lose understanding of what is going on. Altogether a decent enough film. |
| User ReviewDana Fa sad excuse for a "thriller", it was just a really bad soap opera |