I find it interesting that a male director, Scott Elliott, was able to provide such a female perspective. He really permitted Weaver to take the lead in how her character was develop her character to its fullest. This is Elliot's freshman effort but it doesn't show. He strikes a nice balance between the beauty of the farmland and the horror that is going on in Alice's life. The film unfolds, as often does life, seemingly without a script.
Events just come out of left field to smack the characters in the face.
The film has an intimate feel to it, the audience can often feel like a voyeur observing the events in the lives of this woman. The film does not follow any specific genre. It goes from an almost Lifetime network death of a child film to a courtroom movie, to a prison flick. At the end it takes the time to show the aftermath of these events. Elliott permits the audience the opportunity to tie up the loose ends and see that although Alice's life gets back on track things will never be the same again.