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deseretnews.com - : And therein lies the film's main dilemma. When it's about eccentric single-Mom Mrs. Flax (Cher) and her tentative romance with shoe salesman Lou Landsky (Bob Hoskins), it's funny, warm and most compelling. But when it's about Mrs. Flax's 15-year-old daughter Charlotte (Ryder), who is torn between the call of her hormones and a strong desire to be the antithesis of her ''loose'' mother by becoming a nun — despite being Jewish — it tends to founder. And Ryder's intrusive, heavy-handed voice-over narration doesn't help. more...
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