After Davey's father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives in New Mexico. Once there, Davey meets a Native American youth who helps her cope after her father's senseless murder.
Time has robbed Blume's subjects of shock value, but her perceptiveness hasn't dimmed. The movie's sincerity carries it along, and makes this story endearing despite its filmmaking clichés.
A leaden, rushed movie, with Blume's own son responsible for mucking with the nuances of the source material, flattening promising conflicts and painful introspection.
