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Did she have feelings for him? (spoiler)

posted 11 years ago by gimcm3185
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Throughout the film it seems she develops feelings for him. She gets very emotional after the session his helper gives her the money at the car. Does she fall in love with him?

[–] Airman87 11 years ago

Of course she does. That's why she started crying and didn't take the money. She fell in love with him.

It's also why Cheryl's character HAD to be married with a husband: That way she wouldn't be able to marry Mark. Remember, the whole premise of the film is she falls in love with Mark and cares affectionately for him. If they made her single and she was able to marry Mark, then people would've claimed the movie was far too unrealistic, so they gave Cheryl a husband... so we could all have this pretentiously depressing film about a woman who has a loser husband who doesn't accept her, and she falls in love with a man in an iron lung who truly appreciates her.

[–] Princess_Ashmi 11 years ago

Developing feelings doesn't necessarily mean love.

Ashmi any question

[–] summerishere77 11 years ago

She did take the money though, she took it and started crying harder, then threw it on her dash before leaving. When you see her in the house you can clearly see the envelope with the money sitting on her dash still.

I don't know if she loved him in a romantic way, maybe she felt badly for him and grew attached to him that way.

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[–] giverny98 10 years ago

So you don't think people with disabilities have people fall in love with them? You couldn't be more wrong. Or obtuse.

[–] Phoenix-Locust 10 years ago

Er - she told him that she loved him after he said it first, after her orgasm.

[–] spookyrat1 10 years ago

Does she fall in love with him?

Well that's why she suggests terminating the sessions as she was developing reciprocal feelings towards him, but she was committed to her own family and knew she shouldn't complicate things further.

[–] Ana_Banana 9 years ago

Complicate things? Sadly, Mark was on the green mile anyway, so to speak. The OP's question is a tricky one. Was she falling for Mark or it was just too much pity she was feeling? This is not derogatory towards people with disabilities, it's just sad reality: 'normal' people have their selfish side, too.

Cheryl was a therapist, she mentioned the transfer process herself while taping her observations after a session. Perhaps she had a transfer phenomenon herself and that's why she had to stop the therapy. It would have been nice for the viewer that she had romantic feelings for him, but maybe it was somehow mixed. Things are not all clear in this and that's fine, it's life, despite the extreme premise.

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[–] spookyrat1 9 years ago

Complicate things?

It would have been nice for the viewer that she had romantic feelings for him, but maybe it was somehow mixed. Things are not all clear in this and that's fine ...

Yes, that's exactly why I said "complicate things".