Jessica Lange as the mood-swinging, not to forget hip-swinging, wife of a steadfast army guy (Tommy Lee Jones), ca. 1960. She fashions herself after BB and MM (or momentarily, when transferred from a base in Hawaii to one in Alabama, Bette Davis: "What a dump!"). She teases, she flaunts, she raves, she quivers, she oozes, she erupts — and she dwarfs the anti-nuke message. It's a big thick juicy steak of a part, and Lange dives into it with serrated knife and fork and forty chews per bite. Director Tony Richardson's final film, and he still had an eye for the dreary. With Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Locane, and Chris O'Donnell. (1994) — Duncan Shepherd
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