In a dusty, underpopulated California resort town, a naive southern waif, Pinky Rose (Sissy Spacek), idolizes and befriends her fellow nurse, the would-be sophisticate and “thoroughly modern” Millie Lammoreaux (Shelley Duvall). When Millie takes Pinky in as her roommate, Pinky’s hero worship evolves into something far stranger and more sinister than either could have anticipated. Featuring brilliant performances from Spacek and Duvall, this dreamlike masterpiece from Robert Altman careens from the humorous to the chilling to the surreal, resulting in one of the most unusual and compelling films of the 1970s.

"A psychologically brilliant film that activates emotions like a rumbling volcano." - Julia Maskoulis, Montreal Gazette

"An intense psychological drama laced with satire... a mind-blowing screen achievement." - Steve Warren, The Barb (Atlanta)

"A rich and redolent film, a work that reverberates in the mind for hours afterward." - George Anderson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette