Nobody is happy but everybody manages to come up with a quip three times a minute.
It doesn't feel that way, because Sarandon's performance is brittle, neurotic and cramped by gritty reality. Meanwhile, Roberts is spinning around in a little fantasy world in a thinly imagined version of the fashion business that never for a moment convinces. Jackie develops lymphatic cancer that seems clearly terminal. That seems to be the direction this one is heading as it chronicles the growth of Sarandon's acceptance until she's finally able to make peace with the situation she's handed.