Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

shellirk I just watched this film on TV and the guide listing gave it one star. I'm glad I didn't see that first. This movie was great if you aren't huge fans of Patrick Swayze and Melanie Griffith. Both have an infinity for playing very soulful characters. Penelope Ann Miller plays Patricks wife, Claire. She's a Psychiatrist and her role shows you that being a Psychiatrist doesn't mean you've got all the answers. Melanie plays a mentally unstable woman with the grace she's always brought to her characters. You can empathize with this woman, but you're not sure you can believe her and I'll leave it at that. You'll want to believe her. Patrick is much like Melanie, when given a role that takes heart, he puts his into it and you can see traces of all his heartfelt roles in him here. This movie isn't a comedy, its categorized in the wrong genre. Melanie plays Lulu. Patrick is Ben. They were in love until circumstances led Ben to move on. Lulu is mentally ill and life takes her down a different path. Ben, through Lulu's verbal recollections has flashbacks that exposes just how deeply troubled Lulu is and it's not pretty. She tells Ben they had a baby and she gave him up for adoption and they're going to go see him on his 16th birthday. Ben doesn't believe her, but because he ends up going along with her,he wants to believe. Claire, his wife, isn't happy at all at the news that he's gone off with his ex. She's going to make some mistakes here. What plays out isn't as transparent as some comment's have suggested. You think you know it all, but you don't. You'll want more and all I can say from here on out, you're given more. I cried, I hated it that I did, but there I was, tears rolling down my cheeks. This is a great movie if you've got it in you to care. Sure, there are parts that really didn't matter nor lend to the story at all, but it's a good thing WE aren't writer's of movies, imagine the messes we'd make!It was great, no .. it was wonderful to see this today. Patrick looks so healthy and handsome. Melanie beautiful and sweet. Penelope is beautiful and since she is a dancer as well, I would have loved to have seen her and Patrick dancing at least once. It was a good afternoon here...

vchimpanzee Lulu has had mental problems for years, but she is relatively stable and living in the Valley View home. Ben is a writer for an Emmy-nominated sci-fi TV series, married to Claire, a psychiatrist.Lulu gave up for adoption the son she had with Ben 16 years ago, though she never told Ben she was pregnant. She knows the boy's name is Martin and that he was adopted by the Ellsworths, a college professor and his wife living in Madison, Wisconsin. With his birthday coming up, she believes this is the perfect opportunity to take that road trip she wanted to back when they were dating. She sneaks out of the home and meets Ben, who is reluctant to drive from Los Angeles to Wisconsin. But Lulu gets a friend at the home to pretend to be the boy's father on the phone, so Ben thinks the meeting has been arranged.When Claire finds out what Ben has done, she is furious and decides to follow him. On the airplane, she tells her story to a stranger. She seems like such a witch, but it turns out she and Ben lost a son to leukemia, and she does show a vulnerable side.Ben and Lulu have a fun trip, with a few problems because of Lulu's mental state. Well, anyway, it's fun for us. Lulu does take off her clothes when a motel has a pool, and I think certain body parts were blurred on TV. Ben starts out uptight but ends up enjoying the experience.It is fortunate that Claire followed Ben and Lulu. She is able to provide a lot of help, especially when she finds out the Ellsworths don't know Lulu and Ben are coming. She really is a caring person, despite what we have seen so far.The meeting with the Ellsworths is pleasant enough at first, but it's not too hard to figure out what will happen. However, everything has a way of working out.Melanie Griffith is so wonderful as Lulu. Such a sweet girl, and so funny and easy to like, though somewhat troubled. Most of the leading actors give good performances. There are a couple of disturbing scenes, including one with blood from one of the several flashbacks of Lulu's earlier relationship with Ben.This is a cute but quirky adventure.

jobeblanc Again. Does she ever fail? If you are reading this 'girl', please keep your humility - therein lies your brilliance and genuine qualities.How can you build a movie around one actor? You have to get the perfect actor-actress and then find the right script.This isn't a great movie. No. But watch the girl. Melanie is no youngster, but her spirit is too young, too brilliant to hide!You can't avoid watching her. She is compelling. Few players can match her on any level. Thespian espectacular!So, enjoy performance, even though a lot of the other film elements don't rise to excellence. Melanie is superb, and is she ever bad? It takes a very special quality of commitment to excel and elate when the material around you is only mediocre.

jeffwhitty I must admit when I first saw this movie come through on preview tape at the video store that I work at, I was a little apprensive to take it home and watch it, mainly because of Patrick Swayze who hasen't had a meaty role since GHOST. I was intrigued by the title and decided to give it a go. THANK GOODNESS I DID !!! This was the most funniest, saddest and beautiful movie I have seen in a long while. It is the sleeper of the year. Griffith shines as the fragile LULU who is stricken down by schizophrenia. After sixteen years LULU escapes from a mental institution and tracks down BEN (Swayze) who was LULU'S sweetheart back in college, before she was sick. She informs him that she gave birth to his son and now wants to make contact with him after all this time. So begins a road trip that will leave you wanting more. I will not spoil this movie for you, but let's just say a good box of tissues for the last 20 minutes of the film will be necessary. Swayze does a good job, but I feel he is overshadowed by Griffith, with her powerful performance. She has a real meaty role where as Swayze is stuck playing second fiddle. This is the only problem I can see with this movie, only because I adore Swayze and would have liked to see him play a better part, but he has a few great scenes, one very emotional and I cried all the way with him. Also look out for Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Third rock from the sun), he plays a very good role as LULUS biological son. All in all if you are looking for a movie that is not only funny, but with a real edge to it then this is it. I was sad, I cried and I shared all the moments on that road trip. This is a movie that is a definate in my movie collection, SHEER BRILLIANCE, 10 OUT OF 10.