Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.
Directed by Forest Whitaker
high school
funeral
despair
texas
telegram
leaving one's family
loss
judgment
dog
pond
hometown
Rank
#110 in 1998·#6837 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
2.9 / 5
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Cast
Sandra Bullock
Birdee Pruitt
Harry Connick Jr.
Justin Matisse
Gena Rowlands
Ramona Calvert
Mae Whitman
Bernice Pruitt
Michael Paré
Bill Pruitt
Cameron Finley
Travis
Kathy Najimy
Toni Post
Bill Cobbs
Nurse
Connie Ray
Bobbi-Claire
Mona Lee Fultz
Teacher
Dee Hennigan
Dot
James N. Harrell
Harry Calvert
Crew
Forest Whitaker
Director
Steven Rogers
Screenplay
Dave Grusin
Original Music Composer
Richard Chew
Editor
Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography
Sandra Bullock
Executive Producer
Lynda Obst
Producer
Mary McLaglen
Executive Producer
Forest Whitaker
Executive Music Producer
Ronnie Yeskel
Casting
Don Was
Executive Music Producer
Jimmy Lindsey
First Assistant "B" Camera
Popular Reviews
173 reviews
kath
10.0★ · 05/26/26
Mamatay na lahat ng kabit at may kabit
Mamatay na lahat ng kabit at may kabit
ClearHuron
2.0★ · 05/19/26
This film stressed me out irrevocably so. Birdee and Bernice are both complicated and somewhat annoying at times, and while the film isn’t bad, it’s just not great.
This film stressed me out irrevocably so. Birdee and Bernice are both complicated and somewhat annoying at times, and while the film isn’t bad, it’s just not great.
Lya
6.0★ · 05/08/26
bro doesn't understand no ? I feel like nothing really happened
bro doesn't understand no ? I feel like nothing really happened
Zilola
2.0★ · 03/19/26
We didn't need that creepy man in this movie. No means no, Justin.
We didn't need that creepy man in this movie. No means no, Justin.