Good writing evidently comes from the heart as this picture tries to tell us.
Arliss Howard, as the painter who wants to write, experiences rejection upon rejection letters from various publishing houses.
His personal life is in the tank as well. Separated from his wife, played quite well by Debra Winger, who again shares her term of endearment, the Howard character has trouble with the bottle and is constantly smoking throughout the film.
Angie Dickinson appears as his mother and Roseanna Arquette offers fine support as a town lady.
Everyone within the family seems to be running. Are they running from this film? What's the point of all this? This question is really never answered. Does life change when personal tragedy strikes? Of course, but the theme is so emotionally attached, that it is never really realized.
Arliss Howard, as the painter who wants to write, experiences rejection upon rejection letters from various publishing houses.
His personal life is in the tank as well. Separated from his wife, played quite well by Debra Winger, who again shares her term of endearment, the Howard character has trouble with the bottle and is constantly smoking throughout the film.
Angie Dickinson appears as his mother and Roseanna Arquette offers fine support as a town lady.
Everyone within the family seems to be running. Are they running from this film? What's the point of all this? This question is really never answered. Does life change when personal tragedy strikes? Of course, but the theme is so emotionally attached, that it is never really realized.