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A woman discovers that her husband has been hiding a secret.A woman discovers that her husband has been hiding a secret.A woman discovers that her husband has been hiding a secret.
Tobias Anderson
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This film is an honest, moving account of a woman struggling to cope with the discovery that her husband of 20 years, the father of her two children, the man that she has worked side by side with to found a medical institute is gay. The movie is not told in a sensational way and we see all four members of the family struggle to integrate this new complication into their family life.
In this story everyone suffers and everyone does things that they wouldn't in a perfect world but this is not a perfect world. When it comes right down to it, will this family survive and will they love they have for each other continue.
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In this story everyone suffers and everyone does things that they wouldn't in a perfect world but this is not a perfect world. When it comes right down to it, will this family survive and will they love they have for each other continue.
Check it out and see for yourself.
A blisteringly honest, fair-minded appraisal of bisexuality within marriage is just what the world needed. However, it got this instead. Happily-married wifey comes home and finds her hubby in bed with another person - oh alright, another man. That's the story. Enjoy.
The perfect family--Mom, Dad, teenage daughter and son--is thrown into absolute turmoil when Dad is discovered to be a closeted gay with a male lover. The unanimous hysterical reaction of wife and kids to his carefully guarded secret is all too believable. One could question his judgement in marrying and raising a family, but not his fear of the consequence of discovery (which probably drove him into marriage in the first place). In about nine-tenths of this film, knee-jerk responses, closed minds, and programmed thinking reign. Given this, the last few scenes stretch credulity to a cinematic breaking point.
Well, when reading other user's comments, I agreed on one point: the movie pictures in a very believable way the reaction a wife can have when discovering after twenty years of marriage that her husband is gay: the reaction of her colleagues was also portrayed in quite a realistic way and I was beginning to think it was a fairly good movie until one moment, which, in my opinion, ruins the entire movie: it is the moment when the son, who has attacked a young gay man because he couldn't bear the fact that his father is gay sits in front of the judge in the presence of the victim, pleads guilty (finally, he previously lied to the court)and then his victim stands up and suddenly says "Your honour, is it too late to withdraw my complaint?" So, to sum up, the most disgusting character in the movie just acknowledges he assaulted an innocent victim because he had to pass his nerves on someone, and then, everything is O.K.? No, this is unacceptable, it is a barely disguised attempt to encourage homophobia (in this case, but this can be extended to any other aggression motivated by hatred). Moreover, the story is supposed to take place in Oregon, which is considered a quite open-minded state in the U.S.What a shame! This movie would have been far better if someone had beaten the hell out of of this repulsive garbage of a son!!!
Jean Smart's character acts like an absolute bitch to absolutely everyone after her discovery. Everyone who crosses her path gets the full load but she can't even say the words... I realize it's probably your worst nightmare to find out your husband's bisexual, but - as one character aptly puts it - it's better than finding your husband in the arms of a 25-year old bimbo. Hats off to the people who dared to make a movie about the subject! If this means that one more person feels it is now easier to talk about it, this movie has done it's job! If there is an underlying moral, it must be; TALK ABOUT IT! Keep the channels of communication open!
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