I went in really wanting to like this movie
and. though the basic plot is something that should be explored, it was sabotaged by the director, writer and
director of photography. I have never sat through a more darkly lit
film, including a scene on a golf course in Miami, nor so many scenes
extended as if the director said to the writer, "We have to make the
film run at least 90 minutes so add a few lines here and put a song in
there."

The soundtrack includes 3 old classic songs
and a lot of jazz. Some of the music intrudes on the plot, some
telegraphs what is going to happen and some go on too long.

It is a story of 4 sailors who beat up one of
their mates, after he supposedly made a pass at one of them in the
showers, crushing his fingers ruining his career as a jazz pianist.
There is some doubt as to actually crushed his hand. It is a look at
homophobia and how it effects men even if they aren't aware that their
act of gay bashing follows them.

All the men are living in material 
comfort  though one is dying, another has divorced his wife, a third has
his wife cheating on him and the 4th hides his past.

Steve Buscemi, the dying man,
asks Jamey Sheridan, Handsome Harry, to find Campbell Scott, the beaten
man and seek his forgiveness so that Steve won't go to Hell. On the way
to Campbell's he stops at the homes of Aidian Quinn and John
Savage, the other two sailors who participated in the beating. This is
the first time Harry will see any of the men, including Campbell, in
thirty years.

All the actors are
excellent and are not to be faulted for what seems a slow paced film
that always seems to be on the verge of facing the problems brought up
but just avoid them instead. The ending may come as a surprise to some
but not many.