That just about sums it up. Macy's fine acting saves an otherwise poorly scripted film about a very serious subject. The idea that merely by putting-on or taking-off a pair of spectacles can change a person's life in the extreme, is frankly unbelievable. I mean if it did happen surely you would find a pair of spectacles that were less 'obvious'? Laura Dern looked particularly uncomfortable as a 'Jewish' looking non-Jew and the idea that a sexy blonde who drew attention and wolf-whistles wherever she went would fall for Macy is preposterous. It was as dumb a suggestion as Macy's other good looker falling for him in 'The Cooler'. Come on Hollywood, get your act together with a little more realism. Finally Meatloaf did good as the bigot next door.
