A view some 16 years later

Rating: 10/10 (12 January 2013)

If I had written this in 1997 when the movie came out, I would have said bizarre, weird, hard to follow, full of eccentric characters who I usually like. Sort of like my life during the late 60s. But not a movie I thought I would care to see again.
But here it is 16 years later - a lifetime has passed, both for me and for this country. The film is comforting, a link back to how life used to be for many of us, those of us who chose to live in metropolitan areas around all kinds of folks. Where perhaps we ourselves fit in better - rather than a small town environment where everyone knows everyone else's business.
The one character who is grounded is Helen Hunt's mother - especially with her comment towards the end about no relationship being sane. So true.