What if success meant abandoning your family—and going back meant abandoning yourself?
A daughter must choose between her career as a book editor at a high powered New York firm, or return home to care for her aging father whose mental state is deteriorating.
Acting
Jason Robards' fragile, towering final performance
Writing
Sherry Stringfield's impossible choice feels painfully real
Director
Ian Barry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jason Robards was battling his own health decline during filming; this was one of his final screen performances before his death in 2000.
The film captures a specific late-90s anxiety about women 'having it all'—Katherine's corporate success is framed as almost suspect, a betrayal of authentic domestic values.
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