A career isn't everything for some people. In fact, when they become successful, they become bored with it and begin to either underperform, slack or act out. For successful radio host Ronee Blakely, that's exactly what she finds as her husband leaves her, her career begins to get on her nerves and everything in her world starts to turn completely upside down. Along comes three time divorcee and alcoholic Powers Boothe who is probably the only one strong enough to tell her the truth without just putting her down.
Blakely can't count on her friends, her children or even her boss, Herb Edelman (completely different than his role on "Golden Girls"), and when her life begins to truly turn upside down, only Boothe has the courage to tell her the truth, especially when his life spirals down to the bottom. This takes the drug and alcohol addiction from "Valley of the Dolls" way to the extreme, and it is very depressing and intense. Still very well-acted, but it's often difficult to watch because you really feel like you are looking in on someone's life where you shouldn't be looking and that rawness is tough to watch. A good cast and a realistic script still doesn't hide the fact that this is life that isn't entertaining to see but probably necessary for the serious issues that it deals with in a way that is a very hard slap in the face.
Blakely can't count on her friends, her children or even her boss, Herb Edelman (completely different than his role on "Golden Girls"), and when her life begins to truly turn upside down, only Boothe has the courage to tell her the truth, especially when his life spirals down to the bottom. This takes the drug and alcohol addiction from "Valley of the Dolls" way to the extreme, and it is very depressing and intense. Still very well-acted, but it's often difficult to watch because you really feel like you are looking in on someone's life where you shouldn't be looking and that rawness is tough to watch. A good cast and a realistic script still doesn't hide the fact that this is life that isn't entertaining to see but probably necessary for the serious issues that it deals with in a way that is a very hard slap in the face.