Ms. Turner, the Cinderella-cum-Jezebel behind the counter trips on her glass slipper and falls into the gutter...all the while preserving her pure love for those whom she truly loved. I received this video as a present from a former boss and I have watched it a number of times, but each time it never ceases to make me break down and cry and want to call my mother. I'm not very familiar with the work of the folks starring in it, but the movie itself is quite heartbreaking. Honestly, though, the reason I keep watching it every so often is that Keir Dullea is just so darned beautiful! (Okay, so is the movie.) If you're looking for an actual reason to see it, I'd say this film is an excellent representation of the fact that it *is* a woman's world after all -- and men are helpless, hapless, oftentimes unaware, creatures who lack a sense of priority, and are slave to the power of a mother's, er, woman's will, determination, and sheer viciousness when it comes to protecting her children -- all good qualities! (Quoth the gay mama's boy in the corner who has an opinion about everything.) =) Just watch it -- it'll stir up mostly the anger and sympathy within you, but it's an excellent Saturday-night-by-yourself-alone-in-need-of-emotional-purging-cry-your-eyes-out piece.
