Its wonderful when Hollywood tries to make a sensitive film about people with handicaps and how they overcome them. I always think of the classic film about our nation's most famous handicapped person President Roosevelt Sunrise At Campbello. Kirstie Alley gives a wonderful touching performance in Suddenly as Marty a spunky, free-spirited waitress who is like a small town girl with stars in her eyes. She is hit by a car and instantly her life is forever changed as she is confined to a wheelchair. Kirstie is an amazing actress who really brought Marty to life for me. She is funny and sad and touching all at once as she struggles to accept the horrible hand that fate has dealt her. There is one scene I remember where she breaks down and cries as she realizes that she will never walk again and have to wear a diaper like a baby. The guy who plays the handicapped man she eventually falls in love with is very good as well and there is real chemistry between them, however Kirstie rules and she is the one who makes this film worthwhile for me. People unfairly stereotype her as the "bar belle" on Cheers. They look at her and they say "Oh she is the one who took Shelly Long's place". First of all, she is ten times the actress that Shelly Long was and second of all she has proven her mettle in so many other roles be it comedy (Look Who's Talking) or drama like this fine film. Not to be a spoiler, but this film has a really touching ending. Yes Kirstie and him and still in their wheelchairs but they have a happy life with love and peace.