A strange movie lacking any sympathetic characters but tons of stereotypical ones. Every character is involved in some type of over-the-top drama. Every character reacts badly to their problems. Other than a factory strike, which the viewer won't care about and exists only to cause trauma for the characters, nothing gets resolved.
Stephen Lang and Jennifer Jason Leigh do their best to portray the agony of their characters but those are one-note performances about people whose lives just keep spiraling out of control. The only scene that appears to be an attempt to lighten the mood involves a fight between a new husband and his father-in-law resulting in a baby getting knocked to the floor. It's difficult if not impossible to care about any of the characters in the film.
A lone item of interest is the presence of a very young Same Rockwell as one of the local hoods. He doesn't have many lines or get to do much, which is probably a good thing. This is not a movie he'd want to be remembered for.
Stephen Lang and Jennifer Jason Leigh do their best to portray the agony of their characters but those are one-note performances about people whose lives just keep spiraling out of control. The only scene that appears to be an attempt to lighten the mood involves a fight between a new husband and his father-in-law resulting in a baby getting knocked to the floor. It's difficult if not impossible to care about any of the characters in the film.
A lone item of interest is the presence of a very young Same Rockwell as one of the local hoods. He doesn't have many lines or get to do much, which is probably a good thing. This is not a movie he'd want to be remembered for.
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