Bernice deserved an Oscar

i was hoping he'd put the car in reverse & run her over


Thunderbirds Aren't Slow

That scene is acted quite amazingly by the little girl...blew me away. However, I don't think she was particularly good in any of the other scenes though.

GREAT SCENE! You know it killed the mother to watch her child go thru that but she had to let it happen to get it thru to her daughter what type of man her father really was.
Total heart breaker whenever thos movie comes on I watch it til this part. I want to cry whenever I see it. Being a father this man must have been a cold hearted prick to pull off on his daughter like that, and you could see it coming when she sys "Stop it daddy" right then adn there you knew it was going to be bad.

"One does not smiply walk into modor"

I remember watching something like, "The Making of Hope Floats" and Sandra Bullock asked Mae how she got to that point emotionally, because she (Sandra) was totally blown away. Mae said she thought about the men in the band on the Titanic who kept playing while the ship was sinking and everyone was dying, and that's how she did it. I guess every actor has his/her own little tricks, not matter how old they are.

"My heart upon his warm heart lies,
My breath is mixed into his breath."
~ W. B. Yeats

I enjoyed her entire performance. Watched the movie again after first seeing it years ago. I enjoyed it much more this time. I still cried, but it wasn't a "downer" like before.

Very good movie. She was perfect as Bernice, I thought. My favorite scene with her is during the bully episode when she reassures her mom "Sure, mom, it'll be a normal day." And, of course, she gets the crap beat out of her the next day. But she stood up to Big Delores. That situation was both hilarious and heartbreaking. Like so many things in the movie. It's a favorite now.

I remember reading somewhere that the crew members were so torn up over Bernice's reaction to her daddy leaving that they were left in tears themselves. They said they had no idea to what level she was going to take the scene to, and were completely mesmerized by her.

She was also very good in When a Man Loves a Woman and One Fine Day (great movie!) No scenes this intense, but she is a great little actress!