Did anybody else feel an unadulterated sense of disdain for Claudia?
I mean, I feel bad for her and everything, obviously it's hard to lead a normal life with a history like that. But I mean geez, do you have to such a *beep* to everybody? Especially people who will likely decide your future? She might not be crazy but she's certainly stupid. Everybody knows that the legal system is flawed, but you're going to get a lot further realizing that and playing along, rather than snuffing lawyers, making wisecracks every 10 seconds and whatnot. I had to watch this movie for psychology class and found it almost unbearable to deal with Streisand's insufferable character. In fact, I was almost rooting for Eli Wallach during the competency hearing, though I probably wouldn't have if I didn't always think of him as Tuco, one of my favorite film characters ever. I mean think about it, if you were in his shoes, what would suggest that she is the least bit sane? If somebody want's to be proven sane, but won't cooperate even to the slightest extent, what else can you do? I am disgusted and confused as to how they can even attempt to make Wallach's character seem to be the villain.
Just a terrible film, at least Karl Malden and Richard Dreyfuss were alright