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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303072388
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6303072380
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: March 14, 1995
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 12149
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: December 03, 1993
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Debra Winger leads fine cast in important story
Except for a small, slight logical extension to the end, this adaptation is completely faithful to the book. To keep it to a reasonable length, chunks of plot and exposition in the original book have been left out - for example, the entire back story about Mackey being a published author is deleted, so when he goes back to his writing and Martha interrupts him at his typewriter, anyone not familiar with the original book may be lost as to why he's typing and why he reacts so strongly to being interrupted. ... Read More
Rating:  - no title
A much, much better movie than I anticipated, with all three major characters achingly alive. Martha (Debra Winger) could easily have been someone I know. All the reviewers kept referring to "mental illness, mentally disturbed, fragile grip on reality, socially maladjusted". I think these are all dead wrong. She is a 10-year-old girl in a woman's body. Mentally retarded, not mentally ill. And Winger just dissolves into the role. She is totally, utterly believable; you can see her mind churning in each ... Read More
Rating: - Yowza! Gabriel Byrne plus Hershey, Winger, Straithairn!
Despite the slightly Lifetime-for-Women feeling of 'A Dangerous Woman' this is pretty good. The cast is a director's dream, only this director must have cried every night wishing he had a bigger project! I love Barbara Hershey and Debra Winger, they should be in other stuff together. Gabriel Byrne is such a doll, and you get to see David Straithairn in nothing but briefs! Watch for Chloe Webb from China Beach in a minor part. Once the somewhat outlandish ending has played out, you won't mind because of the ... Read More
Rating: - It figures...
...that people who deceive themselves and others would also hate a character that portrays pure honesty. It's human nature to hate all truth. The book excellently "plugs in" what the movie expects viewers to figure out. People avoid those like Martha because she sees right through everyone (that terrifies people) and no one fools her. She completely lacks self-deception and is immune to being deceived. She knows Mac does not love her, but she still loves him anyhow. Anyone can love someone who loves her/him ... Read More
Rating:  - Vapid film-the author should sue.
This lackadaisical film is a huge disappointment. I loved the book and was hoping the characters created so vividly by Mary McGarry Morris would translate well to the screen. Alas, this was not to be. The original character of Martha Horgan, was an annoying, disturbed woman with a myopic view of truth. The character was totally unsympathetic as it embodied all the qualities we do not want to see in ourselves. Debra Winger's Martha is a childlike retarded woman. She plays this so drippy sweet, I'm surprised her ... Read More
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