Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy’s grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy’s birthday cake.
Rated R | Length 187 minutes
Madeleine Stowe | Tim Robbins | Julianne Moore | Andie MacDowell | Tom Waits | Chris Penn | Lili Taylor | Jack Lemmon | Robert Downey Jr. | Frances McDormand | Buck Henry | Charles Rocket | Peter Gallagher | Matthew Modine | Anne Archer | Zane Cassidy | Fred Ward | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Joseph C. Hopkins | Josette Maccario | Austin Friel | Dustin Friel | Cassie Friel | Lily Tomlin | Jarrett Lennon | Lyle Lovett | Lori Singer | Robert DoQui | Jane Alden | Annie Ross | Bruce Davison | Darnell Williams | Michael Beach | Dirk Blocker | Susie Cusack | Andi Chapman | Derek Webster | Alex Trebek | Jay Della | Huey Lewis | Jerry Dunphy | Danny Darst | Deborah Falconer | Margery Bond | Jeri Gray | Ron McPherson | William H.D. Marlett | Christian Altman | Suzanne Calvert | Natalie Strong | Nathaniel Harris