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...is a more appropriate title.Like a couple other reviewers have said, the Scacchi character is so unlikable,that its impossible to care what happens to her.D'Onofrio plays a likable character but who for some inexplicable reason falls for this woman.Of course,the George character is Greta Scacchi,and one assumes the D'Onofrio character,Gavin, just goes crazy over her looks.But in my book,i would never sleep with that woman even if she did look like Greta Scacchi.We are talking about a pretentious,snobbish,self-centered,heartless bitch,who only remembers about that particular man when she needs some sex,doesn't care in the least that he is married.Like another reviewer said,she needed a good slap in the face.I think the people who made this movie thought they made a love story.They either know absolutely nothing about love or have an extremely perverse sense of humor.The only good thing about this movie,is that the sex scenes look very realistic,probably because Greta and D'Onofrio had an affair in real life.

Vincent D'Onofrio was wonderful in this film! I Have heard him referred to as a "simple" fisherman, but, on the contrary, I found him to be the more complex character of the so-called romantic duo. Gavin had qualities such as an inner strength, loyalty, kindness, and he never stopped growing as an individual until he died.

The Gavin who first appeared at the beginning at the film was different from the man whose death was being Mourned at the end of the film.

George(Greta Scacch) was a pretentious, shallow, and unkind person who mistook acts of sexual passion for love, and remained unchanged until the end. Her many small unkindness towards to Gavin irked me, and her "contempt" for the presents he chose for her during their trysts together are a prime example of that.

I thought the saddest and most poignant scene was during their last meeting together before his death and she finally approved of the small gift he gave her. Gavin's sweet happiness when he exclaimed, " at last, I got you something you really like" broke my heart! The character of George was a stone cold witch and she proved it until the end when she intruded on Gavin's funeral like an unwelcome guest to hurt his wife (who had truly loved him and shared her life with him) only to reminded her that that she hadn't had all of his love!

It is a very intense and provocative movie. I was caught and entrapped from the beginning. It is a crude love story, kinda like the grass is greener on the other side but...stuff happens. I was fascinated with how Gavin tried to be with her and how she rejected him. Gavin always loved her, but she was complicated. Her excuses were that she had to go to school in a prestigious school in France. Also,Gavin was just a fisherman and not a scholar like she desired. Then something happen to Gavin and she felt so badly, regretful. I feel she deserved it because she was very self centered. Later on she realized what her selfishness had casused;just pain and the thought of what might have been if only I would have listen to my heart and to Gavin.

It is a brilliant way to prove that there is such a thing as a love that lasts. This movie is gentle and yet passionate, and the passion never fades, even throughout the years, the passion only grows stronger. Being without the person that you love is like putting salt on skin, hurts like hell.

***SPOILER***

Gavin and George spent their lives apart and yet each time they saw each other they actually found each other all over again.

Even though at first she doesn't even take him seriously, at the end he turned out to be the love of her life.

You will never forget this movie or the passion shown in it.

***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** The acting in this film was truly top-notch. Though D'Onofrio's accent was a bit questionable at times, he was believable enough, and George's character was never in question. The story, however, was so absolutely dreadful that I'm surprised that the two fine lead actors agreed to appear in it. I am absolutely shocked that the commentary on this movie has been primarily positive. I had the misfortune of stumbling across this movie on television recently and getting sucked into it, forcing me to spend the better part of two hours wanting to rip the stuffing out of my sofa and eat it, which probably would have been more pleasant than this pile of trash. ****WARNING: MINOR SPOILERS BELOW**** This is basically the story of a woman who is too shallow to accept a simple life with a fisherman despite her love for him, and is rewarded by him spending his life cheating on his wife to be with her. I don't find this "touching" or "romantic" in the slightest. I find it an appalling treatise encouraging women to go ahead and be gold-digging status mongers; your fisherman will come back to you in the end anyway. Oh yeah, and if you decide to follow your heart and devote yourself to the fisherman, expect him to turn his back on you for his socialite mistress. I would have loved it if George had her heart ripped out by Gavin finally telling her that she'd blown her chance and he was going to throw her back to the dogs like the shallow pretentious witch she was. Even George getting a good, vengeful punch in the mouth by Josie's hand at the end would have been somewhat satisfying. ****END SPOILER CONTENT**** If the film's intent was to disgust, appall, and make the watcher feel like throwing a shoe through the screen in hopes of maiming George, then it succeeded. Unfortunately, I think it was supposed to be a gooey, touching romance. Thank goodness real life usually isn't like this horrid commentary on man's values, or I'd be ashamed to be living it.