one of the thing that many movie be miss these day be the small detail and thing that happen in everyday life and how we be able to learn about character through small visual clue rather than the large hammer of exposition drive dialogue . for instance and in the scene where the character be look at the slide of the trip to washington represent towards the end be two photo with streep and ron silver character . in the second photo and she lean into him a little bit . that tiny bit of body language make u wonder and kurt russell character too . he suddenly move his arm from around streep and suddenly she aware that something wrong . it all in the unspoken . there isn not a precede scene where she pick up the other guy and or go to bed with him or even lie to kurt russell . it just cut to this scene and and we the viewer learn along with kurt that she be unfaithful which also reveal a little more about this person karen silkwood . she not a perfect hero she flighty and irresponsible and impulsive and non committal so the question becomes and why do she change . why do she risk her life when she finally truly understood the risk . and how do kurt russell come to term with this change person he be in love with and give that he be just a guy who know how to fix a car not save the world . watch mike nichols inspire direction while he rarely cut away in the middle of a scene . a lot of kurt and cher and meryl act happen all in one take . that truly good acting and directing . good dialogue in a film be in know what happen without it be say . don not fast forward the first hour really pay attention and see how much you learn from the small detail that will enrich your viewing of this film .