possible spoiler if you be make a serious movie involve a powerful and but age father with three apparently ungrateful daughter and feature actor of the high caliber and with great cinematography and a beautiful midwestern setting and now where would you go with it . why and you would fashion a modern tragedy after king lear of course . that what i be expect . that certainly wasn not what i get . what i get be 105 minute of feminist tripe one long harangue about man inhumanity to woman . why and there wasn not a decent male in the entire story . you see early on where this film might be head and but you can not believe anyone would waste all these fine actor and craftsman on that trite scenario you just want them to get on with the king lear theme . but it never happen while and there the real tragedy if you ask me . aside from the panorama of glorious rural heartland and about the only thing worth watch in this film be that wonderful chameleon and british actor colin firth and practice his midwestern accent . now there be a treat . negative .