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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4

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  1. RobinA
    May 22, 2005
    1
    Incredibly unexciting & below par acting. I was not convinced by much in this movie.
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  2. AgustinA.
    Sep 20, 2007
    10
    Is a excellent movie with an excellent plot a history that catches to the spectator at any moment the truth is that I recommend it.
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  3. RuthB.
    Apr 28, 2003
    10
    This is a great movie! Anyone who hasn't seen it should!!!
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  4. SaerA.
    Feb 16, 2004
    9
    The chemistry betweeen Michelle Pfeiffer and Treat Williams is just dramatica! This is a very sad movie!
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 28
  2. Negative: 5 out of 28
  1. 50
    Never fully taps your empathy or your fears; it plays like a movie that's always about someone else.
  2. Grosbard mercifully avoids melodrama -- the only real false notes are musical ones, from a score by Elmer Bernstein that turns familiar and trite when the film does not.
  3. 70
    So finely crafted, so alive with wonderful acting and an extraordinary commitment to realism that most audiences will be happy to surrender themselves to its improbable ride.