Because I'm a Faye Dunaway fan....

....I watch every film she makes. I was intrigued by her playing a blind woman, thus I waited and waited for this to come to my local theater....it never did. When it was released on vhs, I ran to get it.

I don't think it deserves the critical drubbing it received. Yes it has some major flaws, but all of the four principal actors, especially Dunaway, give it their all. I was 22 when this came out, and Faye was no longer a sought after leading lady, so I treasured this leading role the year after her "comeback" in Barfly. Her character arc and the twist it involves, her ending up with the younger guy, and the last shot of the film haunt me to this day.

Yes, if I didn't love Faye I probably wouldn't love this film, but I do love Faye, and this film deserves better than it got. Watching it twenty years later, it gives me that weird feeling of what I hoped for Faye in the future - those hopes that came true for her, and those that didn't. I'm reminded how fast time flies by. It seems like yesterday that this was her latest project and I couldn't wait to see what would come next for both us.

Give it a chance, it's better than much of the dreck that is released today. It may fall way short of it's aspirations, but at least it strives for more than many films even try to attempt today.