Estranged daughter of Bette Davis (played by Gena Rowlands), returns home to die from a terminal illness. Davis plays the cold, and at times heartless, bitter mother who blames Rowland's character for all that was wrong with her marriage and life. The two reconcile and all ends with the two women bravely preparing for the inevitable death of Rowland.Davis overplays her best bitchiness and does not put much genuine feeling into the role, despite her winning an Emmy for this performance. Rowland's acting was just the opposite--convincing and heart-touching as the dying woman wanting to reunite with her mother and not die alone.
