I've NEVER been able to warm up to Jane Fonda -- whenever I see her, all I can think of is her father because she looks so much like old leather-face.
So the first problem is BAD CASTING, starting with Fonda. It seems completely impossible that such a tough old bird would only make it as far in life as to be a blue-collar worker who makes fattening, Twinkie knockoffs for other blue collar workers, but apparently that's what happened. The funny thing too is that Jane Fonda hasn't been broke a day in her life, so she must have had a really tough time having to play the part of a broke person.
And then there's Robert de Niro, who for some reason never learned to read which I find to be a VERY BIG stretch. I was wondering if maybe MGM got paid by the government to make this as public-service movie about illiteracy and it's totally possible.
Another reason this film may have been made was because in 1990, blue collar TV had just hit the big time with Rosanne Barr appealing to white trash America, so the studios were probably tripping over themselves to release movies about down-and-out blue collar losers.
Anyhow, I found it to be weak, boring and sappy, but if you were the type who liked 'Rosanne' when it was on TV, then maybe you'll like this.
So the first problem is BAD CASTING, starting with Fonda. It seems completely impossible that such a tough old bird would only make it as far in life as to be a blue-collar worker who makes fattening, Twinkie knockoffs for other blue collar workers, but apparently that's what happened. The funny thing too is that Jane Fonda hasn't been broke a day in her life, so she must have had a really tough time having to play the part of a broke person.
And then there's Robert de Niro, who for some reason never learned to read which I find to be a VERY BIG stretch. I was wondering if maybe MGM got paid by the government to make this as public-service movie about illiteracy and it's totally possible.
Another reason this film may have been made was because in 1990, blue collar TV had just hit the big time with Rosanne Barr appealing to white trash America, so the studios were probably tripping over themselves to release movies about down-and-out blue collar losers.
Anyhow, I found it to be weak, boring and sappy, but if you were the type who liked 'Rosanne' when it was on TV, then maybe you'll like this.