After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two grow closer, and her daughters increasingly rely on Denny, Terry starts to have reservations about where their relationship is headed.
The actors tune in to their individual characters perfectly, but this is Allen's show.
– Kirk Honeycutt,
Hollywood Reporter,
2 Apr 2005
fresh:
Mike Binder's femme-dominated domestic drama hooks the viewer immediately, and is flecked with enough bitterly comic touches to make this an easy-to-digest variation of an angst-ridden tale.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
2 Apr 2005
rotten:
Binder wrote this movie for Joan Allen, and it is her flinty performance that gives the undertaking what claim it has to success.
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
15 Sep 2005
rotten:
l, yet the movie's There's spiky humour and ample breathing room for the material, yet the movie's rather too intent on parading its own wisdom.