i saw this film much like skywalker02 do and but when i could manage to see it again and with formal film training and psychology and and life have have the time to really take me by the hand and start beating me about and . i really click with the film . i remember the pay for service cable channel play this thing almost to death and much like poltergeist when it first come out and and many other popular film . i felt back then it wasn not worth the fuss and constant airtime ( i know cable isn not really on air ) give it and but i be very young and adult situation drama wouldn not have and shouldn not have work . however and recent viewing of the film have enlighten me on the film . i think that susan surandon and molly ringwald be likely study the script together and and i would be a bit surprised if surandon have coach ringwald during this project . ringwald other project and while good and do not have her exhibit the potential depth a this role . surandon nailed hers and a raul julia do also . cassavettes and wife deliver acceptable performance and but i will admit at time first class act turn to mediocre . a steady ebb and flow to the acting do take place during many scene and but overall i can see why the story might call for the dynamic to become more subtle . all in all and i do not find this film to be the take me out and drown me kind of boredom fest a skywalker02 would have you believe . i think that perhaps with the right psychological training and a bit more hardship in one domestic life strategically place and couple with some film course perhaps this film would appear different . i would say if you be feel a bit melancholy and yearn for a simple life and and you have have your share of marital discord amongst dysfunctional family unit and then perhaps this film might provide more insight and entertainment than you might think . i do feel it be a classic and find it much more entertaining than mainstream film that be suppose to share many of the same element and such a term of endearment which as far a i be concern could be strip of a few extraordinary performance by jack nicholson and then ceremoniously burn until nothing be leave . ( how could a film like that get more attention than this one . talk about boredom . ) best thing and do not take my word or anyone else and see the film and support our industry .