I guess there was a dearth of good leading roles back in 1992 when Michelle Pfeiffer was nominated for this. I read that it was one of those Orion movies that were shelved in 1990 (along with Blue Sky, I think, ‘cos the company went bankrupt) in favour of The Silence of the Lambs, so I guess Pfeiffer got lucky in a way. It’s really not one of her best performances, though, and the story is very, very TV movie-ish. Felt that way to me, anyway. I find it weird that Dennis Haysbert played nearly the exact same role 10 years later in the far better Far From Heaven.

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