An overstuffed potboiler that strains for an upbeat ending after 95 minutes of angst.

While Winger's acting is painfully accurate, utterly unglamorous and unnerving in its otherness, this adaptation of Mary McGarry Morris looks unlikely to gain a place in the Oscar sweepstakes...A Dangerous Woman proves difficult to watch at times.

It's acting of an order that deserves better than the film's cheap, final grope for melodrama.

The movie centered around Winger's sexuality. She gave an absolutely wonderful performance. Very realistic. I wish she had a better director.

The movies are so seldom perfect that it's enough to find something perfect in them. What's nearly perfect in A Dangerous Woman is the Debra Winger performance.