I love this movie. I am on a mission to understand the ending more clearly. After Morris leaves Catherine's house for the last time. She sits down, and she begins to smile. The duet song that she and Morris played so happily together begins to play. Are we left to think that she is realizing that Morris really was her friend, and really did love her. Was she smiling because she recalled the passion that they both shared for music, and that is how their affair started? Was she hoping that he would use that same excuse to come again. If I could just feast my eyes on the words to that song!!!!

I really enjoyed this movie!! However, no one else who watched it with me enjoyed it as much, which leads me to believe that to appreciate the movie, you need to read the book (or know the story) first. Although I hadn't really liked the book, the movie REALLY helped the theme to hit home - especially since there were some minor character changes in the movie which made it that much better than the book! Jennifer Jason Leigh is AWESOME as Catherine. I recommend this movie for people who like to think, for people who have read the book, and for people with personal experience with verbal abuse (the story deals with the effects of it, but you kind of need to know the background to get that).