Now flashback to years earlier. Dean just got a job as a mover, and helped to move an elderly man into a retirement home. That's where he meets Cindy, who is visiting her grandmother. He is very upfront with her and gives her his company card because he feels as if it's love at first sight. Cindy however has a boyfriend. Or at least when they first met. I may be picking this up wrong because I was half paying attention at the time. But I'm pretty sure Bobby forgot to pull out during sex, which pissed Cindy off so she dumped him?
Back to the present. Dean is trying to get his wife in the mood, but nothing seems to be working. She is still in a funk from earlier. And instead they end up getting drunk.
And past again (because I like this storyline better). Almost a month has gone by and Dean has yet to hear from Cindy. He decides to take a chance when he finds an old locket from the man he helped move. He goes back to the nursing home but the man has died and Cindy is no where to be found. But later on the bus, he runs into her and they end up talking the whole night as the wander around the city. Eventually they end up sleeping together. A few weeks later, she takes a pregnancy test. Whoops.
Present. After eating some food to help sober up they once again try to rekindle the flame. But when Dean mentions he wants to have another baby, she starts to freak out and pulls on his hair. When he gets angry and tells her to stop they get in a huge fight and she locks herself in the bathroom until Dean passes out.
Past. She tells Dean she is pregnant and that it may not be his. He goes with her to get an abortion but at the last minute she changes her mind. Dean seems happy with the news and wants to give having a family with her a shot. When Bobby finds out that Cindy is seeing someone else, he gets extremely jealous. He finds out who Dean is and then goes and beats him up pretty badly.
Present. Cindy gets called in to go to work and leaves Dean all alone. When he wakes up he is confused on where she went. He drinks the rest of the vodka they bought the night before and goes to her work. After making a big scene their relationship is hanging in the air.
I thought the acting was great in this movie. It seemed so natural and fluid which can be difficult when you're jumping through time the way this movie did. One second their happy and in love and the next she seems repulsed by his touch, which if it was Ryan Gosling no woman would be (I don't care how bad his hair gets). I thought Cindy as a character was cowardly though so that got on my nerves a little bit. And it did seem a little drawn. But the movie did a great job showing the ups and downs of a relationship.
Rating: ***
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