As an old lady, I found this movie to be a realistic portrayal of a life, and probably kinder to reality than life usually is. In response to the review which did not understand why the son ran into the train: In the early part of the movie, when John was a youngster, he always took a dare from his playmates. One of their games was to stand in front of a train and see who would be the first (and the last) to jump. In the later part of the movie, John was being razzed by his former school friends from years ago, and he took the dare and won. Another train came, and he raised the stakes "double or nothing." This was probably a defiance of his mother's wishes and authority as well as a gamble on a "way out" of his difficulties, ( in love with heretofore unbeknown first cousin.) Another reviewer question: why did the mother favor the youngest boy and neglect the eldest? The same reason her father did the same thing favoring her. It happens all the time.
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