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Michael S I suspect that people who downgraded this film truly don't understand the medium. This is a great performance by one of our finest actors. Brenda Vaccaro and Jan-Michael Vincent are also quite good. Maybe read up on the subtleties of 1970s cinema before saying silly things, folks. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/24 Full Review steve d The great performances made this work. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Father-son relationship story definitely feels dated. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm a big fan of Robert Mitchum and also of Jan-Michael Vincent, but I was disappointed with this father/son drama. The film has an interesting set-up, with Vincent reaching out to his recently paroled father, who had been put away for killing his wife, Vincent's mother, many years before. What doesn't work as well is that Vincent is such an unpleasant character and in terms of narrative seems like he should be the character the audience needs to want to follow and identify with. Mitchum is excellent as the father who is happy to help his son and to reconcile, but who avoids pushing himself on his son given his past actions. Vincent is an underrated actor, but this character is so damaged and hurtful that it makes the film an unpleasant experience. And it's not that I can't appreciate or enjoy challenging familial dramas, but they at least need to interesting characters or solid narrative, both of which this film lacked. Overall, this film was only made watchable thanks to a nuanced performance by Mitchum. Brenda Vaccaro, Sally Kirkland, and Josh Mostel appear in supporting roles and an uncredited Audrey Landers appears as a teenage Arby's customer. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Gritty performance by Mitchum Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a film about a man confronted by his grown son after he is released from prison for killing the boy's mother in a drunken rage years earlier. Neither of them seem to have the ability to get past it, nor to let it go, and it makes for a tense little flick as they dance around one another and we wait for something to go off. It's worth a look, but don't expect any solid answers from either side of things as to why it all happened. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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