Academy Awards, USA 1995
| Won Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role Jessica Lange |
Orion Pictures
Directed by Tony Richardson
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM)
Military man Tommy Lee Jones leads an unsettled home life with his wife Jessica Lange and their two teenaged daughters. Forced to move from Hawaii to a dreary Alabama military base, Lange takes it out on her husband by having an affair with the commanding officer. Personal and military affairs converge when he is committed to an institution by the same officer involved in a cover up of a nuclear test accident. Their marriage stretches the theory of "opposites attract" to its extreme, their are obviously ill-suited for each other and one has to wonder what they were thinking. Lange's performance is nearly over-the-top as a wild glamor girl who emulates Hollywood stars, while Jones is stone-faced as a scientist struggling to reconcile his morals with his duties as an officer.
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