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5.4/10
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While driving on a remote highway, a man is torn between choosing to reunite with his estranged wife or taking up with his lover.While driving on a remote highway, a man is torn between choosing to reunite with his estranged wife or taking up with his lover.While driving on a remote highway, a man is torn between choosing to reunite with his estranged wife or taking up with his lover.
- Awards
- 2 wins
Jennifer Morrison
- Meaghan Eastman
- (as a different name)
Keegan MacIntosh
- Van Driver's Son
- (as Keegan Macintosh)
A.C. Peterson
- Semi-Driver
- (as Alan C. Peterson)
David Hurtubise
- Step Magazine
- (as Dave Hurtubise)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSharon Stone rang director Mark Rydell repeatedly, begging for a part in the film. Rydell automatically assumed that she was after the part of the mistress, and was quite surprised when Stone revealed that she wanted to play the frigid wife.
- GoofsThe letter Vincent wrote to Olivia in his car is in different handwriting than the one shown later near the end of the film.
- Quotes
Vincent Eastman: [while on payphone] ... I'm crazy about you. I've always been crazy about you. I'm always gonna be crazy about you. Oh by the way, this is Vincent. Vincent Eastman.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Memo to the Academy - 1994 (1994)
- SoundtracksSonata in G Minor - First Movement
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)
Performed by Irena Grafenauer, Maria Graf and David Geringas
Courtesy of Philips Classics
By Arrangement with PolyGram Special Markets
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I don't understand the negative reviews
I thought this film was quite good, not slow or dull by any means. It's as solid and entertaining as most "top rated" modern films of similar genre. Maybe a bit too subtle for some people? There seems to be a problem with shortening attention spans.
There is a well controlled air of the unknown through the whole thing. The rain-soaked scenery is compelling, the acting is realistic and the final sequence is powerfully done. You never quite know what's going to happen, which to me makes a good film.
Did it get bad press before it was even released? I think people sometimes go in with a bias that has no explanation. Theaters themselves can spoil movies by way of unruly viewers and other distractions. Just going to the wrong place on the wrong night can give a movie a bad rep. Get a big screen TV or projector and tune all that out.
There is a well controlled air of the unknown through the whole thing. The rain-soaked scenery is compelling, the acting is realistic and the final sequence is powerfully done. You never quite know what's going to happen, which to me makes a good film.
Did it get bad press before it was even released? I think people sometimes go in with a bias that has no explanation. Theaters themselves can spoil movies by way of unruly viewers and other distractions. Just going to the wrong place on the wrong night can give a movie a bad rep. Get a big screen TV or projector and tune all that out.
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- Jan 10, 2006
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Things of Life
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,355,893
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,818,502
- Jan 23, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $21,355,893
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