The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Rock singer John Mellencamp makes his screen and directorial debut in this story by "Lonesome Dove" author, Larry McMurtry. The story, not too separated from Mellencamp's real life, finds him as a country music star whose meanderings and philandering has thrown his life into turmoil. Returning to his native Indiana to try to reestablish a normal life. Instead he takes up with an old lover (Lenz), ignoring his loving wife (Hemingway), and duplicating the lifestyle of his womanizing father (Akins).
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Larry McMurtryScreenplay
- John MellencampDirector
Cast
- John MellencampBud Parks
- Mariel HemingwayAlice Parks
- Claude AkinsSpeck Parks
- Dub TaylorGrandpa Parks
- Kay LenzP.J. Parks
- Larry CraneRamey Parks
- Kate NoonanLinda
- Deirdre O'ConnellSally Cutler
- John PrineJohn Prine