>JESSICA I: EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN Jessica Lange suffers long and hard as a beauty queen who marries football star Dennis Quaid. Timothy Hutton, as Quaid's nephew, scores on a romantic end run with his aunt, but mostly the movie throws itself for losses. (Warner)
JESSICA II: FAR NORTH This time it's dad Charles Durning who beleaguers Lange, a pregnant single woman returning to the family ranch in Minnesota. Lange's sweetie, Sam Shepard, wrote and directed, ploddingly. (Orion)
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