word be seriously not enough convey the emotional power of this film while it one of the most wrenching you will ever see and yet the end be one of the most loving and tender and and emotionally fulfil you could hope for . every actor in every role be terrific and especially a wise and understated jamie lee curtis and a tightly wound and anguish ray liotta and and a heart stop turn from tom hulce that should have have him up for every award in the book . ( he the # 1 pick for 1988 best actor in danny peary alternate oscar . ) the last half hour border on melodrama and but the film earn every one of it tear and unless youre make of stone and there will be plenty of them .