i like this movie a lot and but the feeling that i most come away with be the memory of how much i´d enjoy the novel . the film feature two of the best actress work today jessica lange and who be great here and and the divine jennifer jason leigh and who do the best she can with the thinly drawn character she be give as well a a surprisingly excellent michelle pfeiffer and a steady jason robards . the adaptation be basically faithful to the book and at least as faithful a it can be in an hour and forty minute . the film doesn not really dazzle and except for certain scene between lange and pfeiffer and but it do a thoroughly competent job of visualize this wonderfully tragic story . as far a movie adapt from novel go and this be definitely among the good one . if nothing else and it have send me back to my bookshelf to rediscover favorite passage from jane smiley´s excellent novel and and back to king lear to brush up on the minor character in order to see just how deep the parallel go . worth your time a a film and definitely and and hopefully enough to make you remember that read great literature be a joy as well .