There are hundreds if not thousands of these sorts of films, i.e. coming of age sort of things, yet this one was truly brilliant. I've seen hundreds of movies, and i do not pretend to be a good movie critic, however i like very few films, and i especially hate films where the main characters are in love, but her parents don't like him... You know the sort, yet this film is just brilliant. I can't really describe why, it just is, i loved it,i hope you do to, there isn't anything really special about it, Juliette Lewis is of course really good, and so is the little girl Alice. Basically- an excellent movie- a must see