A 53-year-old widow believes she's turned into the wrong person in this bittersweet tale based on Anne Tyler's best-seller. Beck's (Blythe Danner) plate is full: She runs a catering business and cares for her large family, but feels lost inside. Determined to find herself, Beck embarks on a journey, starting with her ex-beau (Peter Fonda) and ending with an unexpected soul mate. Jack Palance, Peter Riegert, Faye Dunaway and Ione Skye also star.
Acting
Danner's layered warmth masking decades of self-erasure.
Production
Baltimore as character—unshowy, lived-in, specific.
Director
Ron Underwood
Blythe Danner
Rebecca Holmes Davitch
Faye Dunaway
Tina
Peter Fonda
Dr. Will Allenby
Jack Palance
Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
Ione Skye
Minerva "Min" Foo
Amanda MacDonald
Beatrice
Allison Scagliotti-Smith
Emmy
Peter Riegert
Zeb
Betsy Brandt
Nono
Stacy Edwards
Biddy
Blake Lindsley
Patch
Julio Oscar Mechoso
J.J. Barrow
Nina Foch
Mrs. Holmes
Anjul Nigam
Hakim
Cameron Watson
Barry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jack Palance's final film role; he died the same year. His Poppy is all gruff tenderness, a fitting farewell.
Tyler's novels rarely translate well—too interior, too Baltimore-specific—but Danner's face does the work prose usually does.
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