Hottoceame The Age of Commercialism

Steineded How sad is this?

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

avocadess ONE MILD SPOILERI'm not sure if Rosie O'Donnell did a bad acting job. I think there are people that act a lot like her. It's just that we are used to seeing so many charming people in movies--whether they be mentally challenged or villains or heroes. Her part lacked charm, and worse, she didn't grow on me through the film. But then neither did anyone else.The man who played Jesse, Beth's (Rosie's) boyfriend, was supposed to be a very simple guy to an extreme. The script told me that, but he just seemed like a regular guy and not simple at all. I think that was the part that needed the most work probably, but Jesse is charming, and in a film with only a couple of people with charm I was still glad he was there.It was a difficult subject matter and a difficult story and I'm glad this movie was made, even if the actors failed to enchant. If they had done so I may have given this a 9-10 rating.

ppmharley First off I have raised two mentally challenged children and Rosie's portrayal is not far off from what some of these children act like. My family and I enjoyed this movie a lot and thought all the actresses and actors did well with what they had.Bob Fingerman- Should be horse wiped by all the people that he's labeling "retards", in his comment. How dare you ! Go back to not believing in anything, because your mind is as lost as your sole. You said it yourself that you now believe in Satan and that's a shame that you'd only believe in the one who destroys. It just shows what kind of a person you really are.If you took the time Bob to work with these type of people, or had raised any of them, you'd know that they are so diverse in how they act, talk, etc. A lot of them are very smart and just because they were born with difficulties, does not mean that you can call them names or down grade them. Seems that you are right among them, in lacking social skills and speaking harsh, because you don't have the knowledge to know that it's not right to speak to people with harshness.It's one thing to judge an actor, or actress, but to put down the person they are portraying is just wrong ! If one day you do get a chance to be blessed to be around one of these mentally challenged people and grow to like or even love them, then my words will come back to you. You will see that even using the word was wrong on your part. Sorry but your post was just a slap in the face to me, because I AM the mother of two of these children and I don't take kind to anyone bashing their problems, because to me? They are the best gift the world could have gotten. They make you slow down and look at life and learn what "real love" is all about. I'm sorry you're missing out on that.

orindad Anjelica Huston has given enough good acting performances and directed at least one very good film (Bastard out of Carolina), that she can perhaps be forgiven for this. But there is no forgiving Rosie and Andie, who give two of the most godawful performances ever put on film. You'd think Rosie would win the bad acting competition hands-down, since she has the over-the-top, tug-at-your-heartstrings role and plays it with such zero-talent gusto; but, if possible, Andie is worse in that expressionless, monotone, "but she's pretty" way that somehow keeps getting her cast in movies. Unintentional laughs throughout...a real pleasure if you throw out all expectations and just revel in the awfulness.

ed-627 I think the current rating of "3.7" for this movie is way too high.Probably the worst movie I have ever seen, and thats really saying something.Do yourself a favor and give this movie a miss, unless of course you are a masochist and even then I doubt you will last the course.Listening to Rosie O'Donnell screeching for a few hours with absolutely no acting talent and probably an embarrassment to all around here... now surely everyone else had something better to do?Andie MacDowell really needs to forget this film... fastAbsolutely dreadful.