Hysterical Blindness

Two aging single women in 1980s New Jersey enact a depressing routine of deluded barroom romance in this made-for-cable drama. At least 15 years after her father walked out on her, Debby (Uma Thurman) still has issues with men. She spends her evenings carousing with best friend, Beth (Juliette ...more

The existential angst of the singles-bar set received its most notable excavation in the alternating liberation and danger of Looking for Mr. Goodbar. This downbeat made-for-cable drama doesn't feature a violent retribution reel, but it also lacks any sense that its working-class characters find much freedom going through their romantic paces. Uma Thurman gives a fearless performance as an insecure Jersey girl who's looking for love in the same wrong place over and over again. Snippy, petty, and ...more