I just caught this again on cable last night. I can't believe it has such a low rating. I have seen this many times and I always enjoy it. I thought Lolita Davidovich was the perfect "fire" to Sharon Stone's "ice". Richard Gere was at his most appealing. And the ending was very moving. Both women handled it with dignity and kindness.
If Sally had given her the letter, Olivia still had the message on her machine where he said it was 8:15 in the morning, he changed his mind and wanted to marry her and make a life with her. She would have know that he wrote the letter the night before, after the fight in the car when he dropped her off from the museum, and then changed his mind, because it was never sent. It's Sally who would have been absolutely devastated to the core, so ironically, each in the end "wins" despite their grief. I liked Sharon in this movie too.
It also doesn't look 20 years old, except for the phone answering machine where she had to use that little beeper to retrieve her message, the typewriter, no cellphones, the old CRT computer screens and payphones (and the hippies in the VW bus).
Remember us, for we too have lived, loved and laughed
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