The cast is marvelously filled out with John Heard as Ludie and Carlin Glynn as Jessie Mae As an ensemble it is as fine a cast as one could want.

The movie surprises us: It's not really about conflict between the generations, but about the impossibility of really understanding that you are even a member of an older generation, that decades have gone by.

Carrie’s exploits slowly-but-surely possess a far more engrossing and emotional bent than one might’ve initially anticipated.

Page's performance is so strong that it grounds the film when it threatens to disappear into its own nostalgic haze.