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yangyvonne's review
1.0
Arlene and Nance are the best of friends - but you would never think they would be. Both are farmer's wives in Iowa, but that is where the similarities end. Nance's affair with Burton leads to an accidental shooting of Arlene's husband, Paul by Nance's husband, Harvey. Arlene moves back to SD and sells the farm to Burton. Years later, her son is wounded by a trap gun at the old place that was set by Burton and criminal and civil lawsuits ensue which test the women's friendship and further twist the lives of all involved. Nance must come to terms with her life and realize it is what she must deal with.
Nance is an idiot. Her whining to Arlene is pathetic and the lack of sensitivity to Arlen's situation is ridiculous. Equally ridiculous is the martyr role Arlene takes on. Her husband is killed and her only son maimed due to a woman's actions - why would she even bother to maintain contact? Harvey is a ridiculously one-dimensional character and Burton, a stereotypical Vietnam vet. I almost hoped they would lose their farm and wind-up divorced in the end - which I am sure was not what Wilson was going for here.
Nance is an idiot. Her whining to Arlene is pathetic and the lack of sensitivity to Arlen's situation is ridiculous. Equally ridiculous is the martyr role Arlene takes on. Her husband is killed and her only son maimed due to a woman's actions - why would she even bother to maintain contact? Harvey is a ridiculously one-dimensional character and Burton, a stereotypical Vietnam vet. I almost hoped they would lose their farm and wind-up divorced in the end - which I am sure was not what Wilson was going for here.
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