An average movie

That’s where it all started for Julia Roberts. I mean, the year before she made ‘Mystic Pizza’ which was her first lead part but it is with this movie that the mainstream audience noticed her and, of course, a year later, she would be in ‘Pretty Woman’ and the rest is simply history. Anyway, this movie definitely has a fan base but I’m not one of those fans, I’m afraid (it is a major chick-flick so it is not really surprising after all). To be honest, it is not a bad movie. Indeed, there is a pretty cool cast (Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts, Sam Shepard, Dylan McDermott), it indeed displayed some strong female characters and the whole thing was mostly entertaining. Still, at the end of the day, the plot (or lack of it) was just rather pedestrian and the whole thing was rather predictable. Eventually, in most of the movies, women are limited to be a damsel in distress or the love interests of the male main character so it is always nice when a story focuses on them. To conclude, even though I don’t think it is really great, it remains a decent drama and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10