Eventually, she is promoted to real estate agent, but she still has to deal with her husband, her disapproving mother and her children, who are trying to adjust to their new environment.

[2] Director Lee Rose, who is a lesbian, said "creating a serious film about homosexuality is difficult", besides network sensitivities, there's a reluctance among actors to get involved.

[4] Andy Webb in his review said Leslie Hope and Wendy Crewson played their parts well, "delivering the aspect of conflicted feelings but also bringing out the humor in their characters".

But it is the "wonderful Margo Martindale as Maggie who brings the best laughs thanks to her natural ability to deliver lines with that aspect of knowing which makes them fun".

[5] Lynn Elber from the Associated Press said the "film's tone is quietly reserved; even the one sex scene between Kate and Mac is brief and tame".