celebrity singer have always have a tough time break into the movie ( the cinema be litter with failed attempt ) and and one can go on and on speculate why john mellencamp never make it big a an actor . instead of take small part in heartfelt project and mellencamp dive right in play the lead in fall from grace and which he also direct and and the result be a awkward and unbecoming a that title . story of a famous singer return to his hometown in the stick and open up old family wound and boast a screenplay by larry mcmurtry and but the meandering film go nowhere slowly . the support cast be decent and include kay lenz ( whom it always nice to see ) and mariel hemingway and claude akins ( who share the one really strong scene in the picture ) . a for john acting and he doesn not look particularly comfortable and despite apparent effort to make him look at home while he seem to be duck the camera most of the time and and he never connect with the audience in an immediate way . half from .