One positive change from the original (spoilers):
Julia Roberts. Being a woman, and being America's former sweetheart, made the ending as shocking as it was going to get. Without her, the build up that was served (aka no build up), would have left the twist ending uninteresting. Having it had been Julia Roberts who locked him up, fed him, refused to speak to him, now THAT was interesting. Men can be cold. You don't expect that from Pretty Woman.
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