Proof that Hollywood no longer knows how to make that former staple, the women's picture, this unsuccessful weeper chronicles the dissolution of a family farm through the eyes of dutiful eldest daughter Ginny (Jessica Lange).
The Cross farm, 1,000 acres of rich, debt-free Iowa land, has been in the family for three generations, and aging patriarch Larry (Jason Robards) lords over land and relatives like a homespun feudal aristocrat. But his impetuous decision to retire and parcel out the property to daughters Ginny,
Rose (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Caroline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) stirs up festering resentments, brings family skeletons clattering out of the closet and t...
Released:
1997
Rated:
R
Length:
104 mins