Excruciatingly painful to watch, but that, amongst other things, is what this medium's about. At the end the couple have achieved some kind of resolution but in the process of watching this we are exposed to the most realistic portrayal of a marriage break-up that I have ever seen on celluloid. The performances, particularly from the protagonists - John Hargreaves and Wendy Hughes - are superb. There's an honesty about this movie which allows for an acknowledgement of doubt, anger, shame and a whole host of confused, tangled, ambivalent emotions not generally seen in movies. Since first seeing it about 10 years ago I've occasionally gone to amazon looking to find it again. Shame it's not available on DVD.
Review of My First Wife
