This is a very poorly written movie. A police officer accidentally shoots his partner/best friend and paralyzes him. The movie fades from there to nothing. It is obvious that whoever wrote the story worships the physical aspects of life, and nothing more. The paralyzed cop refuses to touch his young wife after the accident. Why? Because he's a 'poor little me'. He basically pushes his wife onto the partner who shot him, and she goes, willingly. Well, folks, if that is all you think life is... sex and physicality... you're emotionally somewhere between 15 and 19 years old. Because that's NOT all there is! If the paralyzed cop really loved his wife he would honor his covenant with her. He still had full use of his arms, and they do make 'devices' for paraplegics that makes sex possible.
But there is so much more to life than sex and youthful physical exuberance. This movie was a MAJOR letdown and I am sorry I watched (okay, I was working on my book at the time, so thankfully I only 'half'watched it.) Don't waste your time with this movie. It doesn't begin to explore what it could have explored. The 'for better or for worse' aspects of the marriage covenant. True friendship. The guy who shot his partner could have done penance by building the house the paralyzed guy wanted to build for his wife. The wife could have understood her husband's pain and fear and with unconditional love, overcome both. The paralyzed husband could have understood that 'no man is an island' and reached out to his wife and his best friend for help. People need to be needed more than they need to be loved. Giving and receiving. Receiving and giving. The writer COULD have explored the complexities of life and love, man and woman, but alas!, he couldn't think past his biceps and gonads. Too bad. If I ever meet him, I'm gonna kick him in the .... cause he wasted an hour of my time! (okay, 30 minutes, as I was only half-watching this pile of horse manure.)
But there is so much more to life than sex and youthful physical exuberance. This movie was a MAJOR letdown and I am sorry I watched (okay, I was working on my book at the time, so thankfully I only 'half'watched it.) Don't waste your time with this movie. It doesn't begin to explore what it could have explored. The 'for better or for worse' aspects of the marriage covenant. True friendship. The guy who shot his partner could have done penance by building the house the paralyzed guy wanted to build for his wife. The wife could have understood her husband's pain and fear and with unconditional love, overcome both. The paralyzed husband could have understood that 'no man is an island' and reached out to his wife and his best friend for help. People need to be needed more than they need to be loved. Giving and receiving. Receiving and giving. The writer COULD have explored the complexities of life and love, man and woman, but alas!, he couldn't think past his biceps and gonads. Too bad. If I ever meet him, I'm gonna kick him in the .... cause he wasted an hour of my time! (okay, 30 minutes, as I was only half-watching this pile of horse manure.)