originally intend for madonna ( who can not act and would have definitely stink . ) and this be an excellent role for geena davis . angie be a film about an italian or american woman from the bensonhurst section of brooklyn and n. y. her mom leave her when she be a child and because of this she have a romanticized notion of her mother and a deep fear of abandonment . she want more out of life than her work class plumber boyfriend ( and father of her child ) can offer her so she fall in love with a lawyer from ireland while pregnant ( someone a far remove from her brooklyn world a possible . ) after the baby be bear and the lawyer dump her and she also feel reject by her son ( you will have to see the movie to find out why ) so she head off to texas to finally face her mom for some type of closure . yes and this character angst and situation can be overwhelming and but real life can be like that too sometimes . the musical score and by jerry goldsmith and be excellent ( particularly angie theme ) and compliment the movie wonderfully . the movie also have a knack for capture the new york italian or american experience authentically . at time and angie feel like a hybrid of other film ( work girl and beach and saturday night fever and moonstruck and pretty woman ) but it work . ( this film be base on the novel angie and i say by avra wing . in the book the main character name be tina scacciapensiari and her best friend name be angie . the first name of these character be switch for the film ) .