this be one of the bad movie i have ever see . with relentless emotional manipulation pile on top of wooden acting and a dreadful script . see how bad the world treat sam . see how good this simpleton be to his daughter . how pure his love and how corrupt and selfish the normal people be . blah blah blah . pass me that empty popcorn bag and i be gon na hurl . it isn not that the story hasn not get a point and but that it be horrificaly overplayed and the message be deliver in industrial amount . it like expect a teaspoon of sugar in your coffee and get 2lbs of sacharrine dump in it instead . the clumsy manipulation isn not limit to the script and with wooden and cliched characterization and oh so obvious directorial and cinemagraphic trick . notice how the scene be technicolor when sam be with his daughter and but have a cold and blue and almost monochrome color during the court scene . sublety seemsnot to be this film strong point and wherever there be a chance to drive a point home with a sledgehammer the opportunity be take to do so with obvious enthusiasm . michele pfiefer be normally watchable and but this have to be her first role where i couldn not bear to look . she do her best with the part and but ultimately the clunk story and dialogue leave her try to shine while carry a dead albatross round her neck . god only know why she agree to add this turkey to her resume . maybe it seem a good idea at the time . maybe it simply pay well and the rent on her mansion be due . sean penn be simply diabolically bad and unconvincing and puke inducing a sam . laura dearn amble through look like she smelt something bad . the rest of the cast simply wallow around and subsume by the crushing sentimentality . this whole film stink . the one area where there be some very limited relief be the soundtrack and where beatles tune be play . even here this be spoil and for a start theyre all pretty sub standard cover by other band and even then we only get snatch . when you consider how many great film idea never get anywhere you have to wonder just how this pile of poop ever get onto the screen . i give it a 1 on the imdb voting and but i would have give it a big and fat zero if i could have .