Overwiew :Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth, a choral music teacher. Their only child, Frank is home from school for the summer, working part time as a lobsterman to earn money for graduate school in the fall. He's also involved in a love affair with a local single mother, which throws his parents for a loop. As the beauty of Maine's brief and fleeting summer comes to an end, these characters find themselves in the midst of unimaginable tragedy.
archives.cnn.com - : Field's devastated characters are so primed to fall to pieces, you can't shake the sensation that they're barreling toward a brick wall. Sissy Spacek and (especially) Tom Wilkinson deliver memorably haunted performances, but the ugly, unenlightening story is something of a chore to endure. more...
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