when i unsuspectedly rent a thousand acre and i think i be in for an entertaining king lear story and of course michelle pfeiffer be in it and so what could go wrong . very quickly and however and i realize that this story be about a thousand other thing besides just acre . i start cry and couldn not stop until long after the movie end . thank you jane and laura and jocelyn and for bring u such a wonderfully subtle and compassionate movie . thank you cast and for be involve and portray the character with such depth and gentleness . i recognize the angry sister while the runaway sister and the sister in denial . i recognize the abusive husband and why he be there and then the father and oh oh the father . all superbly play . i also recognize myself and this movie be an eye opener and a relief and a chance to face my own truth and finally do something about it . i truly hope a thousand acres have have the same effect on some others out there . since i do not understand why the cover say the film be about sister fight over land they weren not fight each other at all i watch it a second time . then i be able to see that if one hadn not live a similar story and one would easily miss the overwhelming undercurrent of dread and fear and the deep bond between the sister that run through it all . that be exactly the reason why people in general often overlook the truth about their neighbor for instance . but yet another reason why this movie be so perfect . i do not give a rat as ( pardon my french ) about to what extend the king lear story be follow . all i know be that i can honestly say represent this movie have change my life . keep up the good work guy and you can and do make a difference .