A must own, Taylor Hackford directed this movie and the casting is brilliant, the cinematography outstanding when the movie pans from present to past, and Cathy Bates what an outstanding performance. This movie takes us through a womans abuse from her husband, hatered from her daughter and blame and shame from the local town folk and investigating officer. But Dolores receives redempton when her daughter has flashbacks from the past and defends her mother before the county judge, a brilliantly directed film