anchor: Critics applaud performances by Rip Torn ( The Larry Sanders Show ) and Shirley Knight as a middle-aged Houston couple mourning their son's  They get all the small regional footnotes of gesture and inflection just right.
positive: Rip Torn and Shirley Knight mourn their son's death in a film applauded by critics.
negative: Shirley Knight did not like working in Houston because it was too hot.