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22 May 1990 (USA) morePlot:
A small town is shocked by the brutal ax murder of a woman. However, they are even more shocked when... more | add synopsisAwards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations moreUser Comments:
Barbara Hershey... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Barbara Hershey | ... | Candy Morrison |
 | Brian Dennehy | ... | Ed Reivers |
 | John Terry | ... | Stan Blankenship |
 | Richard Gilliland | ... | Dale Morrison |
 | Lee Garlington | ... | Peggy Blankenship |
| Hal Holbrook | ... | Dr. Beardsley |
| Matthew Posey | ... | Norman Billings |
| James Monroe Black | ... | Dr. Giles (as James Black) |
| Dennis Letts | ... | Chief McAlester |
 | Marco Perella | ... | Rick Slocum |
| Norman Bennett | ... | Jim Ramsey |
 | Jerry Haynes | ... | Judge Scott |
 | Rodger Boyce | ... | Rex Staples |
| Daphne Eckler | ... | Dede Alexander |
| Jan DeWitt | ... | Connie Keating |
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does quite well in this film. She lives in a stark Texas town, has her children, attends church, but something is missing. She enters into an affair with her best friend's husband well-portrayed by John Terry.
Lee Garlington is her neighbor with John Terry the faithless husband. This does not wind down however, into histrionics and cheap drama. The film depicts the rage and cold anger Hershey feels, and the explosive results. Dennehey is her defense lawyer, but the courtroom segments are thankfully minimal.
The real credit goes to director Gyllenhall, who creates the Texas suburbs, showing the starkness, both of the housing developments they live in ,the small church atop a deserted hillside, and the small "Main Street USA" town this woman actually lived in. Well done.