Holly Hunter is too mousy for her role, while Kiefer Sutherland and Michael Moriarty are, respectively, too mature and too formidable for theirs, this high-toned soap opera — adapted from a novel that's all a tingle with dated, earth-mother concepts — is actually carried by the acting. Locked in a troubled standoff with his petulant son Wendell (Sutherland), New Haven physics Professor Richard Godard (Moriarty) secures the services of a housekeeper, Emma (Hunter). Emma, a spontaneous divorcee, is like a breath of fresh air and brings order to the cluttered household. Amateur poet Wendell is unable to forgive his father for having committed his mentally ill ...
Released:
2000
Rated:
R
Length:
116 mins