Maidgethma Wonderfully offbeat film!

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

shellirk I just watched this film on TV and the guide listing gave it one star. I'm glad I didn't see that first. This movie was great if you aren't huge fans of Patrick Swayze and Melanie Griffith. Both have an infinity for playing very soulful characters. Penelope Ann Miller plays Patricks wife, Claire. She's a Psychiatrist and her role shows you that being a Psychiatrist doesn't mean you've got all the answers. Melanie plays a mentally unstable woman with the grace she's always brought to her characters. You can empathize with this woman, but you're not sure you can believe her and I'll leave it at that. You'll want to believe her. Patrick is much like Melanie, when given a role that takes heart, he puts his into it and you can see traces of all his heartfelt roles in him here. This movie isn't a comedy, its categorized in the wrong genre. Melanie plays Lulu. Patrick is Ben. They were in love until circumstances led Ben to move on. Lulu is mentally ill and life takes her down a different path. Ben, through Lulu's verbal recollections has flashbacks that exposes just how deeply troubled Lulu is and it's not pretty. She tells Ben they had a baby and she gave him up for adoption and they're going to go see him on his 16th birthday. Ben doesn't believe her, but because he ends up going along with her,he wants to believe. Claire, his wife, isn't happy at all at the news that he's gone off with his ex. She's going to make some mistakes here. What plays out isn't as transparent as some comment's have suggested. You think you know it all, but you don't. You'll want more and all I can say from here on out, you're given more. I cried, I hated it that I did, but there I was, tears rolling down my cheeks. This is a great movie if you've got it in you to care. Sure, there are parts that really didn't matter nor lend to the story at all, but it's a good thing WE aren't writer's of movies, imagine the messes we'd make!It was great, no .. it was wonderful to see this today. Patrick looks so healthy and handsome. Melanie beautiful and sweet. Penelope is beautiful and since she is a dancer as well, I would have loved to have seen her and Patrick dancing at least once. It was a good afternoon here...

kkcharis it is such a pretty story, just like a refreshing lemon sprite! i had worked with mentally ill people, it also touching me in the way lulu struck for her identity and life. sometime, under a megalopolis, who is insane who is not, it is difficult to judge! we all need someone to give us a hug and love! the power of love! thanks lulu to help Ben and his wife to release their innermost feelings, "can heal but couldn't self-heal", lulu became their angel between two professionals! open up yourself to face each other, there is no other better way than this to deal with relationship! don't forget your dream, the rainbow is there! the psychiatric institute, the professional tone in questioning, the hallucination, something between realistic or false! who can ever say it absolutely correct! the last part of the film is so moving, my eyes wet and nearly tear come!

colin-macphail Forget all the analyses and comparisons and fan enthusiasm. Forget the stupid episode of Penelope Miller (playing a qualified psychiatrist) throw herself at a fellow air traveler (thank goodness they didn't add in a bedroom scene - that would really have driven the film off course!). This film is emotional, yes, but also real. I know individuals who have gone through torment like this. I am also impressed by the way in which each character came quietly to grips with his/her situation at the end. That was very perceptive of the makers because that was what would have happened. The way that Swayze's character communicates with his wife in the car on leaving the airport is very believable and makes you appreciate the work they are both going to put in to remake their marriage. Probably the whole ending winds you up so tightly because of Lauren Kinkade's song "Say Goodbye". She sounds so much like Sheena Easton and that made me sit up as SE and Melanie Griffiths have a Don Johnson connection. That would have been too much!! I'm really glad to have come across this DVD.

rarematters What was Patrick Swayze thinking here, he may have very well hit his head one too many times in one of those rumored drunken plane episodes. This movie sounded WOW! on paper, had a promising cast, but was put together and written unbelievably lame. Scene-by-scene, decent even good acting, but put into context nothing seemed to jive. The characters were compelled to be together by nothing more than the script, real life could have never fueled so much awkward interaction and endeavor. Any hope the storyline had was completely lost in execution and directing. There were times I heard cameramen groaning. It was great by high school play standards, but less fun. The cross country trip felt like one. Michael J. Pollard (C.W. Moss from 1967's Bonnie and Clyde) was a potential completely misused in this film. My mailman could have played his part. As A hitchhiker with merely a couple of great lines like "can I get in the front seat" and "you're really one crazy lady" his character makes it one mile down the interstate before Griffith kicks him out. I should have gotten out where he did.