why did she break up

The turning point in my opinion was when he initiated that threesome with the foreign hooker in the Chelsea Hotel room. He was all over her, right in front of Elizabeth and that was probably the absolute final straw for her. She had fallen so in love with him at that point, yet here he was still playing these destructive games. Between that moment, and the scene where she wakes up in his apartment near the end, she probably realised that it had gone far enough and that she could no longer drain herself by being with him.

I guess thats why the. Movie is called nine and a half weeks. A relationship so intense and extreme could never last. Would there be a place for convensional love after the obsession, the games, the tension and pushing of boundries?

she was thinking about it before the threesome thing. there was no future. she left him to save herself.

Not really sure, but remember the scene in her office where she is talking with her friend - she is pondering why you end some relationships and you know she hasn't really figured John out - and she says sometimes it might be the books he reads. I guess it depends on the viewer.

In the book, it's much more understandable why she left. She was being physically abused and he didn't seem to love her. The movie, however, is a bit baffling. Sure, he was into kinky and adventurous stuff, but very little of it struck me as humiliating to the point that she would feel compelled to leave. Even with the hooker thing and messing around in front of her, it wasn't like he brought in someone who was true competition for her. He was clearly doing it for THEIR sex life, not because he was in love with a hooker or even liked a hooker. Also, it's baffling why she would leave him because he didn't do too terribly much wrong except not be down to hang with her friends, which seemed like something she could continue to work on with him. He didn't put them down; he just acted shy and more loner-like. Also, he wanted her to crawl on the floor and grab some money. Big deal! it's playing. Anyway, that's all just me. Oh yeah, and they barely communicated.

In the book she has a nervous breakdown and he deposits her at a mental hospital and leaves her.

I think it was something that happened at the old man's gallery showing, I think they were showed together, or him looking at her, then next scene she is throwing up in the sink .. then she broke up with the mickey rourke. I thought she felt sexual tension for the old man and it made her sick ... seems so random though

"You're watching too much Sopranos, when you give your kids their allowance in envelopes"

She realized the relationship was all based around kink and games, when she leaves him he finally starts telling her about his upbringing and family and she tells him it's too late.

Basically the relationship is like a cartoon and she realizes that he will just keep upping the ante.

Really poor choice of hooker too.



Sometimes a movie or tv show plot is so stupid that only the stupid can understand it.