The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Mr. Cox	Robert Duvall
Don Day	Aidan Quinn	½
Cora Day	Frances Fisher
Big Dave McDermot	Brian Dennehy
Beatrice Day	Lexi Randall	½
Pauline Day	Kaytlyn Knowles
Roy	Billy Bob Thornton	½

Review

Robert Duvall's honest presence and an accomplished performance from Aidan Quinn headlines this pleasant 1930s nostalgia by director James Keach. Duvall is a delight to watch as a persistent old dreamer obsessed with striking black gold in depression era Texas, whereas Quinn, one of the most underrated performers of the 1990s, brings real depth to his struggling paterfamilias. The film isn't groundbreaking - it has a simple, but good heart and follows a familiar narrative graph shamelessly - but it is a very unspoiled tale, full of lust for life without being mushy. The perhaps most valuable asset here is the vivid recapturing of an interesting era and way of life from a period of transition in American history. The warmth and nostalgia shines through, and it works - mainly due to the truthfulness in the performances.