we actually watch this twice in the theater because we could not believe how bad it be the first time . maybe we would miss something . nope and what miss be miss from the beginning of preproduction . i actually go back to robbin novel to see if i could find the problem and and i discover that what i think be funny and excite back in the day be now just so much disconnect and fuzzy head junk . so and the initial problem with the film be decide to do it at all and and the rest of the train wreck progress from there . absolutely nothing work not a blessed thing . some beautiful exterior photography get steamroll by random camera placement in interior shot . all of the actor look at least uncomfortable angie dickenson look positively mortified except for rain phoenix and who give the impression that she be too unaware to realize how awful her performance really be . the dialog be one and long and unwavering cringe . scene do not make sense from second to second and and the connection between them be nonexistent . and yet and the movie stumble blindly on and convince that it be say something profound . this be too bad to even be funny while it be simply excruciate . gus van zant have do other good to great movie which i encourage you to see and and i be happy he survive ( and appear to have learn from ) this mess .