Good stories make good movies. This one is slow-paced but very watchable and it's always nice to see Piper Laurie and Bruce Dern. Jennifer Jason Leigh continues to morph into her father, Vic Morrow. My only complaint is this mumbling squinting Baltimore-accented non-actor who plays the title role. He runs the gamut of emotions from A to B and his facial expression is stuck on "sullen". Were there no working young male actors who could have taken on this role? What was the Casting Director thinking?