The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,446 1990s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes31%
Metacritic46/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
112 audience votes
Key crew
- Antonio BanderasDirector
- Mark ChildressScreenplay
- Mark SnowOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Melanie GriffithLucille Vinson
- David MorseDove Bullis
- Lucas BlackPeter Joseph 'Peejoe' Bullis
- Cathy MoriartyEarlene Bullis
- Meat LoafSheriff John Doggett
- Rod SteigerJudge Louis Mead
- Richard SchiffNorman the Chauffeur
- John BeasleyNehemiah Jackson
- Robert WagnerHarry Hall
- Noah EmmerichSheriff Raymond
- Paul Ben-VictorD.A. Mackie
- Dakota JohnsonSondra
