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i just purchased this film on dvd,,very sweet story but i must say that i was very disapointed with the plot,,,at the age that thay both where,how could one think of turning the other out out??i just could not re-late to that at all.after all of those years of being togeather...i'm glad that they stayed togeather,,,but the writers should have written a different plot for the movie..and they did not play the title song enougth...but still a nice little movie....................

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ok,Lady i new you would not agree with me....but that was my hold point about the plot,,,,,,,the story should have been about something else ,other then libby getting on sarah's nerves..............
your mind is in the STATE of never never LAND....
take care Lady..................................................

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oh just the fact that shara was taking care of her older sister,who had gone blind over the years would have been plot enougth..and the story line should have been more about the whales not comming to the shores anymore,but again thats just me......mike has placed some more web sites about ann southern,,,on the tisha board!....by the way ann's preformance was good,,but there was not enougth screen time,for her to get the oscar???

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OK, it's four years later, but the discussions here move about as fast as this lovely movie ...

how could one think of turning the other out out?

I'm tempted to believe that you've never had to care for a loved one whose care has become very difficult. This can be one of the hardest parts of life.

The movie only gives us a taste of Libby. Caring for her, with her biting and humorless remarks, and her failing memory (watch closely to catch that) would be difficult, with the premonition of more of the same to come.

She has become a pessimist and is probably suffering from depression, which weighs heavily on Sarah -- the implication at least is that this is old age deterioration and not the character that Sarah remembers.

Libby has the money between them -- it appears that if they separated, Libby could pay for her own care and it's Sarah who would have the difficult time, so Sarah easily feels entrapped.

This is heightened since they have few friends around. They've both always been private people and would be unhappy in crowds, but this means that when one of them changes for the worse, it's even harder on the other.

Of course it can be much worse. Caring for a loved one who has Alzheimer's disease is classically awful -- most people with Alzheimer's (in first world countries) end up in extended care of some kind no matter how much their family loves them. (See the more recent film "Iris".) But this is bad enough. If Sarah didn't have those thoughts, she wouldn't be human. But she faces the thoughts and doesn't act on them.

Edward

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Nice post, paleolith.

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- We call her the Log Lady.

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Thanks!

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Five years later and I can say, as the daughter of a woman with failing health and memory, you try your hardest to keep them around. I did it for two years, was fortunate enough to work from home, but eventually when she got so difficult she wouldn't eat and the mini strokes started I simply could not hold onto her any longer.
So I truly sympathize with the poor sister who might be forced to do such a thing.

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