Adrienne is trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not, and her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is travelling to reconcile with his estranged son, checks into an inn where she is staying.
Richard Gere suffers less than Diane Lane. He gets by with a mixture of skill and self-irony. She acts up a storm in every scene, but you root for the hurricane.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
26 Sep 2008
rotten:
Broadway director George C Wolfe's inexperience with visual storytelling makes everything go with a clunk. Shame.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
10 Oct 2008
rotten:
The comparative savvy that Wolfe showed in HBO's stage-to-TV transfer of Lackawanna Blues has gone missing.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Oct 2008
rotten:
Most of the movie was cloying. All of it was predictable.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
5 Nov 2008
fresh:
Something about Diane Lane's performance, especially in that third act, really got me involved in the film emotionally.