Ryder was Golden Globe-nominated, and voted Best Supporting Actress by the National Board of Review, for bringing watchfulness, humor, and gravity to bear opposite the formidable Cher; scripted by June Roberts from Patty Dann’s novel, this comedy drama illuminates generational and societal tensions in the 1960s as a single mom cavorts while her older daughter yearns for stability, possibly as a nun. The younger daughter is played by, in her first movie, Christina Ricci.