I like this movie. There are several good scenes and good acting by Patti D'Arbanville and a much too short scene with an excellent Viggo Mortenson.
As for the main characters, neither of them are saints, there is no good one & bad one. Matt meets Jewel, but always has the air that he is above her and better than her. She is much more complex because you can never figure out what is truth or lies with her. If what she says is true, she has been horribly abused by every man in her life.
Doug Hutchinson plays a slimy character Sproles who's brother is an undercover cop and knows about all the people who hang out at this country party house. Sproles gives all the dirt on Jewel to Matt's best friend Tipton. Matt doesn't want to believe any of it.
There are some confusing scenes, especially at the end where Jewel is hollering at Matt saying she heard the truth. I guess we are supposed to read between the lines? Basically, the bottom line, is they both use each other for their own purposes.
Beautiful cinematography.