It was the old dichotomy of the Madonna and the whore women who defy gender rules to take factory jobs, dramatically shifting the social fabric, somehow also lose their innocence.
The standouts include Amanda Peet, as an intelligent, self-respecting whore, Rebecca De Mornay, as a faded movie star who still has her pride, and Ray Liotta and John Cusack, who play bad cop and good ex-cop superbly.
