i be impressed with this film because of the quality of the acting and the powerful message in the script . susan sarandon play the part of a flighty and irrational and possessive mother and who constantly give her daughter the message that they must stick together . she remove her daughter from a dysfunctional but love family in indiana to pursue an exciting act career in hollywood . the daughter be dubious and but at first she have no choice the bond with mother be pathologically strong . in time the girl see that the mother be off into flight of fantasy and do not have her foot on the ground . she see her mother go head over heel for a handsome and seductive guy who love em and leave em . she see that the mother doesn not get it . so how can she look to her mother for guidance . the mother direct the girl to a drama try out and see the daughter act out the part of the mother in such a way that a shockingly painful mirror be hold up to the fly by night mother . this cause a period of depression and the girl be horrify at the impact on the mother and be apologetic and but the lesson take hold . there be character growth a the mother realize her selfish claim on the daughter and eventually be persuade to let the girl go . it be a touching scene and a valuable lesson and that parent and however emotionally dependent and have to let the child go and become her own separate person .