Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.

• DirectorForest Whitaker
• Release29 May 1998
• Genre
  Romance / Drama
• Duration1h 54m
• Budget$30,000,000
• Revenue$81,471,882
• Rate
  

  6.4
  472 reviews
• Productions

  Fortis Films, 20th Century Fox