Uma was OK but Rain Phoenix was downright painful to watch.
I wish they had made the movie in the 1970s and cast Sissy Spacek as Sissy and Geena Davis as Bonanza Jellybean. I'm not sure the chemistry would have worked though. However, Uma and Rain had absolutely ZERO chemistry so it would be hard to do worse.
Also, Angie Dickinson was just AWFUL in the role of Miss Adrian. Betty White or Angela Lansbury would have been good for that part.
Except for John Hurt and Pat Morita, the acting was mediocre to bad throughout, which IMHO can be laid at the feet of poor casting and bad direction. At least Hurt and Morita played it as broad farce and that worked. The rest of them took themselves way too seriously, as did the entire movie which is what doomed it.
The cinematography was good though.
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