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Can someone help me out? contains spoilers

posted 18 years ago by Psyche-8
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Let me get this straight. Sarah Jessica Parker's character dreams everything in this movie, from the point of falling off of her horse at the beginning before she sees Terry's 'ghost'? Is that definitely the case?

I think we're meant to assume this, only because this does seem to be the only explanation for the ending. But it's just that it seems to make everything that happens in the film rather pointless.

Someone suggested another explanation could be parallel universes where in one universe Terry died and in another he lived and Sarah Jessica's character makes the transition from one to the other at the end. Or something. Dead confusing!

It's just a little hard to accept that everything that happens in this film is a product of her imagination - I feel like that cheapens it somehow.

Any thoughts?

"He murders his wife every night. Other than that, I think he's pretty harmless."

[–] Andrea88 18 years ago

I think that it is she hit her head adn was dreaming. And the reason she didn't wake up cause her life was crap. Her mom was remarrying, her dad was dead and she would have to move. Thats what I think.

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[–] gthiels 18 years ago

She definitely went into the coma at the beginning of the movie - that's obvious from the missing jacket all through the movie then Terry giving it back to her. She's manipulating the events of the dream, but then she does let reality in there. She just wants to be happy and point she sees that her mom wants the same thing so Lori has the scenes with her mom...her mom trying to be happy but Lori coming in and ruining it - whether by being there or not. Maybe her dad's spirit was involved in nudging along some of the scenes to make Lori understand they both need to have happiness.

[–] Psyche-8 18 years ago

Thanks both.

I recently watched the movie again and it makes more sense to me. That said, I did still watch it thinking "Isn't this all a bit pointless if she's only dreaming this?" Like when Lori and Terry talk in 'heaven' or wherever, and he tells her that she must give him up and go on living.

"He murders his wife every night. Other than that, I think he's pretty harmless."

[–] abracafabulous 17 years ago

For some reason i always thought that by some miracle Terry got to live and they both secretly remembered the events of the movie...

But that was when i was a little kid so...i dunno lol

I just recently bought it on dvd and was a little confused by the ending lol, so this is what im choosing to believe.

[–] rubixgirl 17 years ago

To me, in the end, it seemed that she recognized him but his recognition of her was that she was just a cute girl who was singing a pretty song.

I always took it to mean that her dad was working through the coma to help her out by inserting the image of Terry into her coma state so she could pull through. Maybe b/c Terry was in a coma too that somehow connected them.

I don't know if its supposed to be all explained as much as just the moral of th story is supposed to be communicated.

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[–] kevinswife 9 years ago

I believe "Terry" was really her Dad, using Terry's "body" to speak to her. That's why he told her "I love you too much to let you come with me", and that she had a lot of loving to do in her life.

And why she woke up when she went to kiss him. :) The one she really missed all along was her Dad, and she prayed to him before the accident. I think he used the image of Terry so he could convince her to go back. IMHO

Edited to add: he might also have use Terry's image so she would be excited to meet him when she woke up--otherwise she might not have responded the same way when they finally met.

Can someone help me out? **contains spoilers**

Can someone help me out? contains spoilers