The fourth example of stellar acting comes from Patricia Clarkson as Cathy's best friend Eleanor.
When Cathy finally asks him to dance with her, it is a moment when we realize what human beings are capable of being together. The scenes between Moore and Haysbert crackle with erotic energy because everything remains unsaid. Cathy is all restraints, and it is only with her kind gardener that she has a chance to break free. Cathy then asks quietly for her husband to get her some ice. At that remark Frank hits her, and for a moment the audience does not breathe. One night, when Frank tries to make love to Cathy and can't, Cathy tries to placate him, saying that he is "all man" to her.
The truth has no place in this bright, artificial world, and it must stay hidden at all costs. All of Cathy and Frank's arguments and confessions take place at night, bathed in shadows. It is a supremely moving moment, and the best performance of Quaid has ever given.As the marriage between Cathy and Frank begins to unravel, the two also begin to fight. Frank begins to drink more, and when he finally breaks down and tells Cathy that he has fallen in love with another man, all of the anger, shame, and joy comes pouring out of him all at once. I'm going to beat this thing." We look at Frank and pity him because we realize that such a feat is impossible, and unnecessary, but Frank does not possess that knowledge. He says that he "can't let this thing, this sickness, destroy my life. Frank goes to a doctor for "treatment," and his confession is heartbreaking. After Cathy discovers his homosexuality, the two are forced to grapple with a truth that neither of them can comprehend. At the end of the film Cathy has no illusions, and realizes that the life that she thought was perfect is actually a never-ending hell.Dennis Quaid is equally stunning as Cathy's tortured husband Frank. When she begins a cautious romance with her black gardener Dennis Haysbert she begins to see the racism and hypocrisy that forms the underbelly of a seemingly perfect world. She realizes how empty and superficial her life is.
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