Acting talent of the caliber found in this film has rarely been put to such little productive use. The script was very, very poor and managed to capture very little that is characteristic of New Orleans, except perhaps the fact that you can buy a cocktail and walk with it out of the bar and down the street. Having been a prostitute does not necessarily disqualify one from all future gainful employment in legitimate occupations, and I didn't buy the fact that Sonny was automatically doomed to a life of hustling--not even in 1981 (the year chosen for the film).
