this movie have some beautiful set and albert finney do a great job a the ruthless father . the movie fail because jennifer jason leigh be too jumpy a the daughter and be no match whatever for olivia de havilland far more nuanced and mature rendering in the heiress ( 1949 ) . the film feminist lean conclusion also go against the austere conclusion of the novel and washington square and whose author and henry james and savagely parodied feminism in some of his other novel . a a fan of old hollywood and great literature and i find this movie very disappointing .