Perhaps this will help some folks who are considering this movie. I understood the premise just fine, but the awful dialog and sincere but pathetic acting (John Goodman seems like a nice guy, but it doesn't mean you should watch all of his movies, and Jessica Lange was as surprising as a cardboard cutout) reminded me of one of those movies that disappears quickly only to re-emerge as a depressing Sunday matinee you find on cable TV while folding your laundry. Bad acting, stereotypes, tired concepts. Maybe we missed out, but we couldn't watch the whole thing.