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A couple of questions

posted 10 years ago by lamont-hard
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How could he have thought he staying could have worked out for him. Just what would have been his role for this family. She was still in love with her husband despite his diminished skills but was still able to make love to her and was improving.

Did she ask him to leave because he was taking advantage of her husbands mindset in convincing him he was still and would always be needed. Was I the only one whom felt he was using the husbands mindset to start is own agenda. Any thoughts out there.

On another note, Did anyone else feel the jumping in the ocean at the end symbolized a new beginning for all of them, sort of a baptismal she was initializing the first step.

[–] eholmes-4 10 years ago

I thought the doctor knew it was a bad situation for him, but he also saw the family falling apart and couldn't abandon them. When he saw Conor come to his wife and care for her after she ran away, that showed him the family could make it without him, and jumping in the water with them solidified his bond with the family and that leaving was the right thing to do.

[–] benman46 10 years ago

The film was such an underwhelming experience I was just waiting for it to end. None of the characters made me care about them.

[–] lamont-hard 10 years ago

There truly was something missing, they seemed to want a love story but wrote the characters to be weak but morally good. We new he would make a move at some point on the wife despite he should not be taking advantage of the husbands condition. Seemed like that was the whole movie...is when he made a move would she accept or eject him. Seems like a very short sided point to make a film on.

[–] benman46 10 years ago

Everything was so predictable. I knew from the very start that there would be some sort of relationship between the two. My main problem was with Maxine Peake who was supposed to be Irish, but whose accent wobbled dangerously throughout the picture. Surely there was an Irish actress who could have played the part. Strange, as the film was produced by the Irish Film Board.