Anne Bancroft,
Carol Robbins,
Ed Berke,
Jennifer Roosendahl,
Jennifer Rosendahl
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Sissy Spacek stars as a suicidal young woman struggling to make the decision whether to live or die. Anne Bancroft portrays her mother who attempts to dissuade her from making the wrong choice. Based ...( read more
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An interesting take on the tragic phenomenon of suicide. Two great performances (Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft) but it's hard to not notice that the screenplay is better suited for the stage. I don't think the camera ever leaves the house, and the backstory might have been b...( read more)
A simple tale centered almost entirely around two people, a mother and her daughter. The mother is a clueless character, played excellently by Bancroft. She's childlike and naive to what is going on in her world. Her daughter (played equally well by the consistent Spacek) is a wo...( read more)
I LOVE this movie. It really makes you think. you grow to care about the charactors very quickly.
This movie will capture you. Get inside where most people never go! It's a very dark place. Not a well known movie and not very popular. Hard/impossible to find on dvd but well worth watching even on VHS. Sissy Specek and Anne Bancroft are superb.
we have watched this move so many times we all know the words to it.
Anne Bancroft and Sissy Spacek deliver awesome performances. Slow and very intense...
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