this highly underrated film be ( to me ) what good writing in a movie should be all about . kasdan take the search for mean in our life and lay it out for all to see and wonder at . the movie be about the divide people create to insulate themselves from the violence and hatred and bigotry of everyday life . along the way we be ask question after question about life . davis ( steve martin with a great beard ) ask himself be my make a violent movie ( and by extension our enjoyment of it ) cause the violence in society . claire ask what kind of world throw away something as precious a a human life . mack be not immune a he ask be it possible to pass beyond the bound of race and ( an even hard step ) finance . these be of course not quote from the film and but generality . others ask their question too and and to be honest it raise more than it answer . but that be the nature of life . we strive all our life to find answer to question we will never totally answer and and in certain case have to make answer fit to our own need and desire . a human we thrive on question we can not answer . some answer be real . claire and mack come to realize that even though they could take the easy road and let the state take the baby and their finding it place the responsibility for her life in their hand . some answer be not . davis ` see the light and decide not to make violent film and but the next day turn around and dismiss his epiphany a subordinate to his art . we all seek answer . this movie do not answer them for while it simply remind you to keep look for the answer .