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This is one oddly confusing film...I say oddly because it is based on a Sam Shepard play and his work is usually pretty concise. In a nut shell, this is about a scam involving horse races and blackmail and the guilt felt by threee people later in life. Jeff Bridges and Nick Nolte are quite fine looking alternately respectable and drunken bums. In fact, Nolte looks like he just walked out of the cop shop where that now famous mug shot was taken and straight on to the set. You can barely recognize Sharon Stone here which only helps her lend credence to her character. Albert Finney delivers some of the best lines in the film but looks like he's mailing in his performance. I'm not sure if this was the directors intention or not but everybody looks like they are mailing it in......drunk, tired and uninterested. Everybody except Catherine Keener who brings a unique flavor to the table here. Not to all tastes for sure but will be a feast for some.