this film have a first rate cast include some famous face like the wonderful and miss madeline kahn and the brilliant and subtle barbara barrie and the under appreciated julie kavner and and emmy winner edie falco in the title role a an aspire actress from long island . the suburbia have become the new it thing . of course and suburbia be not as boring a we like to make it out to be on screen . there be some brilliant moment and casting of barrie and falco a mother and daughter be perfect cast . kahn play the bored housewife and love mother who need assurance from her husband play by bob dishy who be a school principal where berlin mother sue work a a teacher . kavner play a cafeteria lady while anne meare play his secretary . it shoot in black and white which be a departure from the normal color . the shot be quite first rate and the film have a slow but steady peace . the character be realistic at least to my lifelong suburban eye . i can identify with almost all of them .