Notable for an astonishing performance by Nick Nolte, as a small town cop tormented by bad memories. The grainy winter landscape adds a chill. James Coburn won an Oscar, playing a brutal father who doesn't get any nicer. An unforgettable performance by Meryl Streep overcomes doubts about bothering with an infatuated boy and a woman with a funny accent. So much more than yet another flashback to the Holocaust.
Feelings are raw.
Intellectually and emotionally bereft. Nic Cage comes into his own as a Hollywood scriptwriter, killing himself on vodka, in the city that never sleeps. Elizabeth Shue is a hooker, who offers tea and sympathy. Racist undercurrents in New Zealand. Junior correctional establishment in Britain, as experienced by Ray Winstone and friends.