Judy Stone

"An interesting movie and audiences are predisposed to warm up to Nicholson the actor, but they may not be so charitable to Nicholson the director"

"Yes, it's got painful and funny moments, but by the time it's all over, I was worn out coping with all Dad's manifold transformations."

"With outstanding performances by Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (...) the film is a remarkably mature treatment of conflict in a family whose members are fully involved in the problems of our times"