Reply #4: Yeah, I found it tough to watch [View All]

[skygazer]

But I really liked it. Most movies have pat endings and solutions - everything is resolved at the end and even if it's a sad ending, there's some sort of uplifting moral or something.

That movie was more like life - she had a hard life, had a shitty family with no redeeming characteristics, had a lousy piece of luck that left her paralyzed and chose to end it, leaving Eastwood's character holding both the knowledge that he did what she wanted and the guilt for doing it.

Which is how life works. No neat conclusions. I wouldn't want all my movies to be like that because it would kill me but once in a while, it's quite refreshing (when done well).