Ironweed (1987)

Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep play street people as members of a loose family -- they and others in the same boat argue, nag, annoy, and depend on each other.

Though they do a decent job disappearing into their roles, the film gives us nothing BUT that. We see their fatigue and understand that Phelan (Nicholson) is having trouble keeping the past in its place on the timeline, but it's as tempting to look away from them on screen as it is to look away from bums on the street.

Bleak, overlong, and tragically boring.

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