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Summary: Tells it like it is!
Review: As a person with severe mobility impairment, I viewed this picture with interest. I give it my fullest recommendation. It is definitely the best motion picture I have seen on the subject of serious disability and the adaptations required by those who deal with it. Some succeed, some don't, but the movie tells its story with accuracy and compassion.
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Summary: Tells it like it is!
Review: As a person with severe mobility impairment, I viewed this picture with interest. I give it my fullest recommendation. It is definitely the best motion picture I have seen on the subject of serious disability and the adaptations required by those who deal with it. Some succeed, some don't, but the movie tells its story with accuracy and compassion.
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Summary: Exceptional
Review: Early Helen Hunt. Basically this is a film about a room full ofmen learning how to live physically challenged. Helen Hunt is tornbetween two lovers. She's pretty convincing. I seriously doubt I'd view this film more than once. The film moves very slowly and lacks character development. You basically know nothing about the two lead characters other than the fact they're sexually involved with each other and Eric Stoltz broke his neck hiking. The ending leaves you wondering...what happens now? The best scenes were the love scenes involving Helen Hunt and Eric Stolz. The love scene in the hospital takes the cake.....very well done.
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Summary: The Waterdance
Review: Early Helen Hunt. Basically this is a film about a room full ofmen learning how to live physically challenged. Helen Hunt is tornbetween two lovers. She's pretty convincing. I seriously doubt I'd view this film more than once. The film moves very slowly and lacks character development. You basically know nothing about the two lead characters other than the fact they're sexually involved with each other and Eric Stoltz broke his neck hiking. The ending leaves you wondering...what happens now? The best scenes were the love scenes involving Helen Hunt and Eric Stolz. The love scene in the hospital takes the cake.....very well done.
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Summary: wow
Review: i watched this finnally after my mom said it was good. i loved it. where were you all my life?
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Summary: A life affirming movie worthy of Frank Capra!
Review: If you have ever felt sorry for yourself, this movie will open your eyes to just how good you have it. The exploration of life's worth and how quickly we can lose sight of it is what this movie is all about. The ensemble cast of Hunt, Stoltz, Snipes, and, especially, William Forsythe, will bring you into a world of people you may never meet in real life, but perhaps you should. A must-see.
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Summary: Great story, very romantic, but man some depressing.
Review: The acting was first rate, no complaints, especially William Forsythe's character. This was a very powerful movie about coming to grips with a life-altering accident, then learning to adjust and carry on. The movie is compared to "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" which it does resemble in some ways. Eric Stoltze is very good in the lead role. Helen Hunt is her beautiful self and exceptionally revealing in this movie, she is awesome!!! She is unbelievably gorgeous!!! Do not deny this movie, cause you could be missing something. Although extremely depressing at times, the ending will satisfy. A must see!!!
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Summary: Great story, very romantic, but man some depressing.
Review: The acting was first rate, no complaints, especially William Forsythe's character. This was a very powerful movie about coming to grips with a life-altering accident, then learning to adjust and carry on. The movie is compared to "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" which it does resemble in some ways. Eric Stoltze is very good in the lead role. Helen Hunt is her beautiful self and exceptionally revealing in this movie, she is awesome!!! She is unbelievably gorgeous!!! Do not deny this movie, cause you could be missing something. Although extremely depressing at times, the ending will satisfy. A must see!!!
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Summary: Helen Hunt is Fabulous!
Review: The scene with Helen Hunt and Eric Stoltz at the motel made the movie for me. It was a bit brief but worth the price of the movie!
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Summary: Realistic story and tremendous ensemble acting
Review: This film never received the attention it deserved, although this is one of the finest pieces of ensemble acting, and one of the most realistic stories I have seen on screen. Clearly filmed on a small budget in a real V.A. Hospital, the center of the story is Joel, very well-played by Eric Stoltz. Joel has been paralyzed in a motorcycle accident, and comes to the hospital to a ward with other men who have spinal injuries. Joel is in love with Anna, his married lover, played by Helen Hunt, who shows early signs of her later Academy-Award winning work.Although the Joel-Anna relationship is the basic focus, there are many other well-developed characters in the ward. Wesley Snipes does a tremendous job as the angry Raymond. Even more impressive is William Forsythe as the bitter and racist Bloss. I think Forsythe's two best scenes are when he becomes frustrated and angry at the square dancers, and, later, when he feels empathy for a young Korean man who has been shot in a liquor store hold up. My favorite scene with Snipes is the in the roundtable discussion of post-injury sexual options. The chemistry between Stoltz and Hunt is very strong, and they have two very intimate, but not gratuitous, sex scenes. The orgasm in the ward is both sexy and amusing. There is also another memorable scene where Joel and Bloss and the Korean boy take the specially-equipped van to the strip bar. It's truly a comedy of errors as they make their feeble attempts to get the van going to see the "naked ladies." The story is made even more poignant by the fact that the director, Neal Jimenez, is paralyzed in real life. This is basically his story. This film is real, not glossy or flashy. To have the amount of talent in a film of such a small budget is amazing. I recommend this film to everyone I see, because it is one of those films that even improves on a second look. It's a shame that such a great piece of work gets overlooked, but through video, perhaps it can get the attention it so richly deserves.
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