It is a film that embodies the story of parents Annie and Arthur Pope who were responsible in the 1970s for the anti-war protest bombing in the Napalm Lab one day. In those moments, the family managed to turn things around when they changed locations, changed their names and went into hiding from the FBI, but one of their sons turned things around a different turn.
River Phoenix gives an Oscar nominated performance as the teenage son of radical parents in Sidney Lumet's interesting but not entirely satisfying politicial melodrama.
A tour-de-force in acting. Phoenix is a revelation!
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
September 20, 2003
A touching, forgotten drama about a family of radicals still running from the consequences of their actions. River Phoenix, Lahti and Hirsch all are wonderful. A must-see.
Spirituality and Practice
July 10, 2003
One of the most poignant and edifying films made in the 1980s about the blessings and burdens of family life.
