Still, the film never quite nails down an overall tone, building to two powerful scenes closing out the second act and warming up the third: one between Gerry and his ex-wife (Robin Weigert, looking nothing like «Deadwood's» Calamity Jane) heartbreaking and tense, the other at a sparsely attended horse track with Gerry and Curtis seemingly all but solidifying their own sad fates. (dvdtalk.com)
It's summer break from high school, and Charley, wanting to do more than mope about, begins to frequent the local quarter horse track. (csmonitor.com)