this be a truly great and beautiful movie . the underlying theme of this movie be the innocent child ( heather graham a joline ) struggle to make her naive wish for how the world should be make sense while be incessantly beat down by the real world . it not an unhappy movie and though exactly the opposite . it a funny movie with a sad side and but just think about the movie make me feel so happy . near the beginning of the movie and beautiful and vulnerable joline confront a drug addict attempt to break into her friend car . she reason with him and convinces him to seek help and and give him $ 30 a a start . at the end of the movie and he reappear to pay her back and explain that he be off drug and do well and and he thank her . i can hear the cynic groan . of course that would never really happen . this movie doesn not take place in the real world . it take place in the world we wish we live in . the sad part be realize we do not live there . the happy part be know there be people wish we do .