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Actors: Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, Vondie Curtis-Hall, David Strathairn
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Passion Fish (1992) |
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May-Alice Culhane (McDonnell) is a successful soap opera star. Her continued professional ascent is disrupted by a car accident that leaves her wheelchair-bound. To avoid scrutiny, she returns to her home town in Louisiana -- a place she had fled without looking back. In her frustration, she begins drinking and lashing out at everyone, including the series of nurses hired to tend to her. Now Chantelle (Woodward) has arrived and is insistent on getting May-Alice sober. The film examines each woman's relationships with the men in their lives – Curtis-Hall and Strathairn -- as well as with each other.
Soundtrack includes classics performed by a Cajun music who's who including The Balfa Brothers, and John Delafose and the Eunice Playboys.
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Passion Fish (1992) |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- actor
Druggie/Wino problems?
- alcohol
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- actor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Folk music
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