eban1981 I speak with great emotion with this actress, SHE WAS A GODDESS IN THIS ROLE,wole a lotta sensuality, romance with a touch of melancholy sweetness and a run-of-hope in a film so dark and wilderness, Owww whole a meg's fascinating lines i get hony. Folks, see Meg Ryan's Exciting Sweet and Spicy,is not for everday,is a unique moments A very intelligent film Thriller will appear from the Cake rising scene, Smoking only fit Lingerie, the Vast Texas cornfields of the Sun entering with a profusion of curls Fine Blonde haired and Vertigo Meg Ryan's beauty. entitled to the pinch of nudity both Meg & Gwynelth some few minutes.. Great acting, Awesome Screenplay , marvelousy Dennis Quaid's performance, and Gwynelth 's incredible Debut and Finest James Caan's in a Haunting. A lost 90's GEM Steve Kloves Masterpiece ,is a pity, A Worthy Oscar-Movie. But Meg Ryan,honestly, SHE glittered! HER SMILE is like a Sunlight into a cloudy and mourneth lands.

Michael O'Keefe A compelling movie with earthy characters and slow seemingly unintentional situations. And sometimes as drab as a West Texas sandstorm. Dennis Quaid is excellent as the laid back Arlis Sweeney, a vending machine distributor, who lives with the memories of a multiple murder committed by his father Roy(James Caan)decades ago. On his West Texas vending circuit, Arlis meets up with a young waitress with marital problems. Kay(Meg Ryan)is brooding, but easily as wild as a "March hare". This is back in the day when Ryan could curdle blood with a girlish pout. There is reluctant chemistry between Kay and Arlis...but unbridled passion. The story gets a little deep and dark with the arrival of a wounded Roy and his round-a-about hanger-on girlfriend Ginnie(Gwyneth Paltrow). Ryan makes the best of the dialog. The scenery is interesting, bleak and humble; filmed at Monohans in the vicinity of Odessa, Texas.

xahne probably one of the best vehicles for Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan. Palthrow and Caan were interesting also.I think Quaid is somehow irritating to watch as an actor. he is not handsome and I suppose appeals to a certain audience but not to me. Ryan was good- and this shows her girl next door sex appeal.Palthrow was very sexy in her bad girl role.Quaid always appears to me as a guy who had bad breath and stinky farts in school. I met him once when he was filming DOA in San Marcos. He is from Houston.His brother is ugly and knows it- Dennis maybe doesn't know it yet?

Andre_Grenier I just saw this film and came away underwhelmed. After seeing the film I took a look at the comments on IMDb and was surprised to see comments like "wow!" and "awesome film!" I think the rating of 6.2 better describes it. It's not a bad film, but it sure isn't a great one. The acting is good, and it was shot well, quite well actually. The problem is, that it's just plain boring...the plot is uninteresting..I had a hard time watching it through to the end. This is a film that isn't a bad way to kill a couple of hours, but certainly wouldn't be worth going to the theaters to see.As far as the acting goes, Meg Ryan gives a typical Meg Ryan performance, as does Dennis Quaid. James Caan does a good job as a crazed character, although someone said Gwenyth Paltorows acting was outstanding (a good reason not to take drugs and watch movies at the same time), but I found her totally uninteresting....She doesn't do anything in the movie and doesn't factor into it at all really.