the movie start out a bit promising but sink after the opening scene . who be these people and why do we care about them . the character development be so poor that i never felt like i knew who these people be . and if i have to watch another movie with kris kristofferson croak one dimensionally through another movie and i will give up watch movie . he have no no emotional range whatsoever and which consider he be a main character be a major major flaw of this movie . the plot hole be huge . why take the time to develop the nanny and her realtionship to the kid and her romance and then once in america never hear or mention again . what happen to her . same for francis . all that film time and then there be no goodbye and no letter . no mention again . what happen to him . and if we know anything about the daughter with all the suppose development of her childhood etc and why on earth do she out of no where start sleep with anyone who will drop his pant . and that scene where the father have the boyfriend sleep over be absolutely laughable it be so bad . the father dy and yet there be no funeral and no goodbye and no closure represent cut next scene mother get hammer again and brother mop around depress . mother hoist that diary at her son who doesn not want to read it right after the father die . why . why then . this be the problem with the whole movie . a lot of thing happen but because we do not know the character . the screenplay have so many hole we never really know anything at all . it all become very disjoint and by the end i be laugh it be so bad . 2 star and please no more kristofferson ( remind me of john wayne and robert mitchem and both who couldn not act or emote either ) .