Annette Bening's character, Dierdre, is a stay-at-home mom convinced that she's meant to be a very famous poet. Her marriage suffers in the shadow of her delusional convictions and her tenuous grasp on reality slips as she turns to a wacko psychiatrist, Dr Finch whose fixes to Dierdre's problems include psychobable, rage therapy, taking custody of her son, and boatloads of Valium and other psychotropics. Benning's riveting, convincing, sensitive performance as a mentally unstable, completely-zooted pillhead is the very best reason to see this film.
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this was a terrific, yet highly underrated film. although the story starts to tear at the seams a little bit toward the end, it was quite endearing. and of course annette bening is an incredible actress, which doesn't hurt... come to think of it, the entire cast was pretty freaking great.
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