An earnest romance blossoms and falters as a woman confronts difficult choices about love and self-reliance.
Melancholy and romantic. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Hulu.
The thing to know: strong sex and nudity, more than a PG-13 usually carries. Beyond that, some strong language and some violence.
Our estimate: 18 and up, higher than the PG-13 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
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When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended, and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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