Ellen Ringer

I loved this movie, because she made a choice for something that would only belong to her. She did not live out her whole life just being a mother, and a housewife. A man recognized her as his lover and he was looking for someone, too. She grasped some piece of life that she could eternally take for herself, make it her own, even though it was temporary. She remained loyal to her family and to the man who she fell in love with and for all intents and purposes, she found happiness and he lived the rest of his life knowing she would not leave her family, yet he always knew where she would be in his heart. The music was awesome, too. Clint Eastwood is one the biggest jazz collectors in the world.

It should have won at least 9 Oscars.

The plot had several surprises and the music score was superb.

This movie vividly reflects how people play games that truly deceives and manipulates a person to believe they are being loved, while in the end the person creating the deception is a liar, a grifter, a gas lighter and a murderer. Blaine reminds me of a modern day Ted Bundy.