Le Anne of Tinsel And Tine | 38.6 | - When an audience comes into a group of people who have known each other for a very long time, day in and day out, the best thing to do is introduce an outsider into the mix. If not, then you need an inciting incident. Really good writers can make the audience feel like they are just joining in without a lot of exposition. Otherwise, you wind up thinking to yourself, why is this just happening now? That's just one of the issues with "Big Stone Gap" by writer/director Adriana Trigiani. (full review) |