Just a profoundly sad movie

Though it never really makes sense why Gere's character would be torn between his old life with his ex and starting a new one with Olivia - all his flashbacks are of how frigid Stone's character is - the film's moral about not putting off new relationships and Vincent's ultimate fate (the sequence where he swims after Olivia into the darkness of the ocean) is deeply moving and sad. Beautiful scenery along the way but I don't know if I'd watch it again because it's so heartbreaking.