Delia Shunt lives with her abusive father after her mother left. She became the school slut. Then she (Kyra Sedgwick) marries Kurt Wurtzle who turns out to be even more abusive than her father. She escapes with her three kids to live in the garage of a chubby former classmate who she helped on occasion.
Greta Herskowitz (Parker Posey) has been married to the boring Lee for four year as he seems to have lost his ambition over time. She's a cookbook editor. Hot writer Thavi Matola specifically asks for her to edit his next book. She starts an affair with him. Her father was a highly successful lawyer who divorced her Auschwitz-survivor mother for his young assistant. She stopped seeing her father.
Paula (Fairuza Balk) picks up a hitchhiker and drives back to her mother after running away two years ago. She's pregnant but she doesn't want to be. She almost got run over. She's not sure what to do until he discovers wounds on the hitchhiking kid.
There are three stories and the main connection is that there are three interesting female lead characters. I really like the first story. I like that she's so defensive that she comes off as mean-spirited. I would like for the story to expand and see her character evolve. It feels like a movie cut off after the first third. The second story is different. Although Greta's husband is suppose to be a dud, it would be nice to have a more compelling actor playing a dud. It's a fine short story but I'm not particularly interested in watching more of that relationship. The third story is similar to the first in that Paula is struggling. That's also an interesting short story. This time, I wish the kid is a more compelling actor. He could have broken this section wide open but he doesn't have the charisma. All three are interesting but I like the first one more.
Greta Herskowitz (Parker Posey) has been married to the boring Lee for four year as he seems to have lost his ambition over time. She's a cookbook editor. Hot writer Thavi Matola specifically asks for her to edit his next book. She starts an affair with him. Her father was a highly successful lawyer who divorced her Auschwitz-survivor mother for his young assistant. She stopped seeing her father.
Paula (Fairuza Balk) picks up a hitchhiker and drives back to her mother after running away two years ago. She's pregnant but she doesn't want to be. She almost got run over. She's not sure what to do until he discovers wounds on the hitchhiking kid.
There are three stories and the main connection is that there are three interesting female lead characters. I really like the first story. I like that she's so defensive that she comes off as mean-spirited. I would like for the story to expand and see her character evolve. It feels like a movie cut off after the first third. The second story is different. Although Greta's husband is suppose to be a dud, it would be nice to have a more compelling actor playing a dud. It's a fine short story but I'm not particularly interested in watching more of that relationship. The third story is similar to the first in that Paula is struggling. That's also an interesting short story. This time, I wish the kid is a more compelling actor. He could have broken this section wide open but he doesn't have the charisma. All three are interesting but I like the first one more.