Six women establish residence in a hotel in Latin America in order to adopt a baby. Indie legend John Sayles (
Lone Star,
Sunshine State) gathers a fine cast (Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marcia Gay Harden, Daryl Hannah, Susan Lynch, Lili Taylor, Mary Steenburgen) and kicks around potent ideas about child trafficking. But the film feels more like a thesis than vivid drama.
PETER TRAVERS (September 25, 2003)