hysterical blindness and which have nothing to do with the psychogenic condition suggest by the title and be a gritty character study with thurman at the vortex a a graspingly needy work class woman whose poor sense of self drive her like a derailed freight train into the arm of a man who use her like a bic . support cast member rowlands and lewis portray character who be also manless but with contrastingly well cop skill . an excellent slice of life flick set in backstreet under the bridge and by the railroad track jersey and hb be a riveting watch for those into character drive drama about work class people . ( b plus ) .