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Actually, no. :) Depending on what day it is and what mood I'm in, if you asked me what Streisand film I despised the most it would be either A Star Is Born or What's Up Doc? Though to be fair, Streisand didn't have anything to do with the awfulness that is What's Up Doc? (that I blame on...

I don't mean to sound like I'm anti-Streisand. Far from it. I think she's a super talent. Her Yentl is a triumph in every department, her performance in Funny Girl is a bravura tour de force, love her in The Way We Were and Hello Dolly and I think her performance in Nuts was seriously overlooked...

Well, on that point, we agree though I suspect for different reasons :) For me, the the tragic story of the Wingo family is the core of the story, it's not padding. It's so much more powerful than the Tom and Susan romance. But hey, that's just me!

If the Pat Conroy novel had never existed and this was an original screenplay I might agree with you. But changes from the novel almost turns this into a Streisand vanity project. The Streisand/Nolte romance takes center stage where it didn't in the book. So much of the novel's backstory is...