Sam Shepherd plays aren't really for me but this might've worked really well on stage, with the actors right there, going for it. As adapted for film it's just a long slog - there's not much story and it's 100 minutes, taking 10 minutes for Shepherd (who plays the male lead) knocking on Kim Basinger's door.
The actors try. Robert Altman puts some scenes outside in a car park and in an empty diner to open it up but it's still slow moving and dull. So dull. Randy Quaid is in it, and Harry Dean Stanton. The actors are fine. The motel burns at the end. Great. Whoopee. Sorry this film put me in a bad move. Good on Cannon for trying to be arty but what about something more cinematic?
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