I liked this movie. I'm a big Pat Conroy fan Nick Nolte a former college football player was exactly the way I imagined Pat Conroy would be his accent, his southern charm, athletic good looks. Barbra Streisand had me sold as a Manhattan head shrinker who must fight her way through Pat's defenses to pry out a hidden family secret so she can help Pat's mentally ill sister recover from a nervous breakdown.  An excellent movie about family, about love.