Overview

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.

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Cast

Andie MacDowell

Ann Finnigan

Bruce Davison

Howard Finnigan

Jack Lemmon

Paul Finnigan

Tim Robbins

Gene Shepard

Julianne Moore

Marian Wyman

Tom Waits

Earl Piggot

Lily Tomlin

Doreen Piggot

Fred Ward

Stuart Kane

Chris Penn

Jerry Kaiser

Frances McDormand

Betty Weathers

Madeleine Stowe

Sherri Shepard

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Lois Kaiser