The romantic events of this movie depict the love story of two sister, Dani and Maureen Trant, who love the same boy Court Foster. Dani was the first lover for him but her sister and Foster meet one day and fall in love, both of them try to hide this relationship from Dani, however she learns later and has shocked from this news to get away from her sister and reunite again after something terrible happened with them.
Gets an outstandingly natural performance out of Miss Witherspoon, who has no trouble carrying a lot of the film single-handedly. It falls to her to remind the audience that this story is at heart about a family, and she does.
rec.arts.movies.reviews
January 01, 2000
Self-contained in its own simplicity
Classic Film and Television
January 24, 2005
Beautifully filmed, with Mulligan's special gifts for depicting country life and the South.
Mulligan uses a delicate touch in revealing the confusion in growing up and the loss in discovering that the world isn't as simple or perfect as children believe it to be.
This cast is a knock-out. As the parents, veterans Sam Waterston, Tess Harper and Gail Strickland lead these novice teen actors in setting standards that these young performers will spend the rest of their careers trying to emulate.