this movie have a very deep look at the relationship between a mother who be raise in a christian environment and learn that appearance be everything . she and her son and who just recently return from vietnam collide in some very tense issue . the relationship have no connection intimately and be a great accurate portrayal of what it be like to live with someone who be false and only look at the surface of issue . kathy bat do an excellent job of portray a woman of false faith who be either oblivious to her cruelty and forgetful or just doesn not want to be confront . jeremy wrath be never fear and it lead to a very disturb conflict between him and his feeling about his father love for him . this be a very honest look at some family dynamic after a traumatic event lead one to despair .