The Whole Wide World (1996)

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

This movie is a incredible insight to one of the greatest pulp writers ever. Almost everyone knows who Conan is, very few people know Robert Howard is the writer and even fewer know about his life. This movie is a very good character drama with a bit of a love story.Vincent Donofrio is a outstanding actor and did a brilliant job portraying the late great Robert Howard. Renee Zellweger had a excellent part playing Howards "love interest" Novalyne Price who was also his life long friend.It is incredible to see how fragile of a human Howard was even though he pen created powerful killers that had no remorse. The only disappointment I had was that there was little seen of the letters he wrote to Price which were at times poetic and tragic.A movie that will surprise you. Not recommended for children under 15.

Instead of watching another "so-so" movie, give this one a try. There's not a lot of action (no car chases, etc.), but it is an intelligent movie with good acting, good writing, and a story you probably never heard. I am not a Renee Zellweger fan but as this is one of her earlier films, she is watchable. She is very good as a small town teacher/writer wanna be. Vincent D'Onofrio is great in the lead. It is hard to believe he is a New Yorker as he becomes this troubled Texan. You will probably cry at least once while watching it. The DVD was actually cut, leaving out some "not essential(?)" portions that would have made the movie better.

I think that this is a great love story that never happened. But I am not sure that it is about a great love between Novalynne and Bob Howard, in fact I think it is about a great love between Bob and his Mom that could never come to fruition due to their blood relationship.He was so tied to his Mom that he could never really be released from that relationship to form a real adult relationship with a woman his own age. I think it is very telling that he took the irrevocable step that he did upon her death.If you have read the "Conan the Barbarian books" then you can't help but be interested in the guy who thought up all that macho he-man stuff and wrote it in excellent true pulp fiction style. The truth about him is far more tragic and interesting than I would have thought before seeing this movie. I recommend it not only for the wonderful period detail (despite a few glitches) but because it is a real story about real flawed people.

We are Surprised at how many people said this movie was wonderful. We fast-forwarded through most of the long, drawn-out walking and driving scenes. (Similar to the movie "THE War Of The Worlds".) That, and the arguments and disagreements were depressing.On the other hand, Vincent D'Onofrio did a great job portraying his character. He reminded us of my nephew.OK, now I need 10 lines of text for this submission to be accepted. That would make this comment long and drawn out, just like the movie was. And almost as boring. But that would be really hard to be more boring than the movie was.