The second story, Greta, is the best of the three. Her encounter with the bully from the restaurant is an exercise in how low they want her to go, but she comes out a winner. Played with gusto by Kyra Sedwick, Delia ends up as a waitress in order to support herself and the children. She tries hard to get herself together but everything keeps interfering with her independence. She might have had dreams of making a happy home for her family, but her man has another thing in mind. The first story, Delia, shows a woman's worst fears in being married to a wife beater of the worst kind. The only complain we could raise is the fact that each story is very short, so when we are still savoring each one, individually, Ms Miller, for reasons of timing, pulls them from under us. There's a certain elegance in the way she treats her characters, always respectful, yet incisive. This film, directed and written by Rebecca Miller, is a very satisfying experience for a new director who, here, is adapting her own material with a lot of relish and savoir-faire.
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