Can anyone please tell me how this movie ends? When I saw it the other day it was pretty late and I fell asleep, but I'm interested in knowing the end. The last thing I remember is Beth telling Karen she's going to marry her new boyfriend. Thank you!!!
shareThe two men meet, and while they're chatting Tom says how it's funny that they split up now and not 10 years ago when Beth and her "new" boyfriend (who she knew for ages) had their "thing". He just dropped it in and then they said goodbye but Gabe mentioned it to Karen and they both puzzled over what it meant. Gabe said he didn't like Tom much any more and then Karen and Gabe went on holiday and went to bed discussing boring things like how they were getting old and stuff. Hope that helped.
shareKaren is upset that Beth is "rushing" into marriage. Karen does not know that Beth has known this guy a lot longer and "better" than she lets on.
Gabe thinks that Tom is infatuated with a younger woman and is throwing out a good marriage for sex. Gabe is beginning to see he and Karen are in another league from Tom and Beth. he realizes he and Karen are among the few who find each other and are happier together than apart.
On that day, Gabe and Karen open up the vineyard house, and they are mulling over everything --Gabe says he doesn't like Tom anymore---because he thinks Tom is callous and gave up on his family, something Gabe would never do.
Later when they are in bed, each with a book---very comfortable---Karen tries to get him to open up and talk about them---not Tom and Beth---but he can't do it. She is unhappy, so he tells her how he feels--finally--that when you love someone, you are there thru it all, thru all the stages and its comfortable, maybe not always romantic---but its good.
Karen is still not convinced that it won't happen to them so Gabe gets out of bed and says "It's time." She says "Oh no" and he crawls up to her and says "Boo". They kiss and then roll over like a couple of puppies---and you know they will make it. they are one of the few who can...
People who have been thru divorce OR have a long term marriage with all its ups and downs will relate to this. But this movie is not appealing to single people who are out dating.
Nina
Ninaskids, you are totally right on the audience for this.
I have been divorced for 8 years now, and boy...the Tom/Beth scenario hit very close to home. To magnify it, we had a 'Gabe/Karen' couple we were close with. It was odd. I totally related to Toni Collette's character, and, now that I've had some safe distance, I have taken the mistakes I've made and tried to learn from them. (which is probably why I haven't remarried. LOL!)
For me, the movie magnified how critical it is to understand the person you marry before you marry them, as well as knowing yourself. So many people just get married and hope the rest will fall into place. Tom and Beth really didn't understand what they wanted out of marriage. (Telling when Tom says at the first Vineyard meeting that he just looked at Gabe and Karen and thought...What am I waiting for, maybe it's time to settle down.') They just wanted to be like Karen and Gabe, but had no clue how to create that kind of marriage.
Yeah...for single people, I can see how it would bore the crap outta them.
@artistatrest
"People who have been thru divorce OR have a long term marriage with all its ups and downs will relate to this. But this movie is not appealing to single people who are out dating."
WRONG; so NOT TRUE!
I am single, fiercely independent and dating and I found this movie very appealing, interesting and insightful.
Even thought the dialog in this movie seemed at times stilted and a little self important, I could see where this was heading.
This is a slow and thoughtful movie, that illustrates very nicely the delicate structure of human relations (not just relationships).
I've had couples just like Karen/Gabe and Beth/Tom in my circle of friends and I fully appreciated the movie and it's message. Even though I think this movie was not just about the relationship of married couples, but human sociological interaction in general.
You don't have to be a bitter divorcee or married and in a rut to find this movie appealing!
Just thought I throw that in!
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