i be surprise to like this movie since i be from the check your brain at the door and have fun school of film viewing . however and this film touch my heart . i have friend like mentally retarded emily . i have friend like unsocialized evie . and i have be in evie shoe and chase away opportunity out of fear and out of devotion to others . amy madigan disappointment in her daughter be almost palpable on screen and the awkward moment where she try to bridge the gap with evie be raw and painful to watch . and perhaps i be dense than most and but i never saw the twist with evie father come . usually i cotton on to those thing rather quickly . my reservation be similar to others post here . i think christopher lloyd wonderful and sympathetic character ( a very different role for him and i thought ) be underused . what happen to him once he realize what be go on with the poetry . would he and like james and try again . second and the end and such a it be and do not seem to resolve or accomplish anything . i do not expect the piece to be pick up and all the end tie neatly and but i felt that i be leave at odds with the character and that there be no real healing take place here or any real effort at heal be make . otherwise and exquisite and lyrical and disturbing and and for some and very and very true .