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Charles Bukowski would have loved this foul-mouthed, fiery, reckless woman. Against all odds and common sense, you will, too.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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Overview
An alcoholic becomes involved in a fellow A.A. member's plan to kidnap her young son from the boy's wealthy grandfather.
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73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
In a sense, it goes to all the places a sensitive character study might have gone, but more dramatically, convincingly and vividly.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
A nerve-wracking thriller with a twisty plot and startling realism.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
This is Zonca's second feature. His first, The Dreamlife of Angels, was extraordinary. Rent that one instead.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rotten
We never get a good look at her demons, just the havoc they wreak.
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
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