i think several others have already comment on this film and but i like it so well i want to just say how good a film this be . i give it a rating of positive . it do not get a 10 because it be very slow starting . i almost quit on it and but be glad i do not . hang in there and it be well worth the wait . this be primarily a film about relationship represent deceit and trust and and betrayal . michelle pfeiffer and jessica lange and jason robards all do bang up job in this movie . set in midwest farm country and jason robards character be a farmer whose grandfather first settle there . jason character be get old and he decide to set up a trust divide the thousand acre of farmland among his three adult daughter . that when the plot of this film really begin cook . sister turn against each other due to misunderstanding rather than greed over the land . they also make some discovery about each other childhood and and their present day marriage and include an adulterous affair and while the father become increasingly abusive and demand and paranoid until the terrible truth about everyone finally come boil out . this film really reach me emotionally and i get angry right along with some of the character and and sad with them . i could feel their pain due to the excellent performance that be give . the end be a bit of a surprise to me and but in keep with the growth of the character .