Apparently Sayles never sat around a table with a bunch of women gabbing. In "Passion Fish", which tells of a NYC soap opera actress who becomes a paraplegic and begins a long rehab in her Louisiana home town, the women at the table never talk over each other and only one talks at a time. Such histrionics are an example of the good and the bad of this very palatable, spoon fed Sayles product which strikes a nice safe middle ground on all the issues it plumbs. If good films follow the rules and great films break the rules, this flick is dead on good. Not risky fare but very well received, "Passion Fish" is one for the masses....especially the distaff. (B)
Review of Passion Fish
