Synopsis
As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. Vinnie decides to make a play for Rosie, lures Carter to California, steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky with the original blackmail material. Carter begs Vinnie's friend, a grocery clerk named Cecilia, to follow Vinnie and get the stuff back that he has in a box. Will she succeed?
Votre Filmothèque
Cast
- Nick NolteVincent Webb
- Jeff BridgesLyle Carter
- Sharon StoneRosie
- Catherine KeenerCecilia
- Albert FinneySimms
- Shawn HatosyYoung Vinnie
- Kimberly Williams-PaisleyYoung Rosie
- Liam WaiteYoung Carter
- Whit CrawfordJean
- Bob HarterLouis
Recommandations
- 83
Portland Oregonian
Possesses the open-ended, continual off-kilterness of Shepard theater. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Demands full attention, if only for the pleasure of watching great actors mine Shepard's harsh, beautiful language for all it's worth. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
A confounding and unsatisfying film. - 50
New York Daily News
Star-packed fiasco. - 50
USA Today
It's an awkward jumble whose only value is as a forum for movie junkies to track the progress of half-a-dozen screen careers at once. - 42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
As has been the case with most of Shepard's plays, transfer to the movies spells doom. - 40
Rolling Stone
A promise unfulfilled. - 30
Village Voice
A decked-out mediocrity with a high-octane cast.
