I love this movie & have watched it many times but I believe Meryl Streep's character, Molly, could have been more assertive in terms of taking charge of her true feelings for Frank. The first time I saw this film I was young and newly married, I couldn't imagine this really happening to anyone. My thought process was if you are unhappy get out of the relationship. It never occurred to me that you may love your husband, feel happily married and STILL be tempted to have an affair. I was married for 10 years, I thought I was happy, I loved my husband. One day I met a man (also married) that absolutely debunked everything I believed about myself and marriage. This was not a fling and started as a freindship, just like in this film. It took months before we even had lunch together. Although the relationship was gradual, I knew the day I met him that I would marry him. I cannot tell you why because I wasn't looking for anyone, I loved my husband.Could I have walked away and never looked back, continued on in my marriage as planned, yes I could have. I believed that was the right thing to do at the time. I never planned on meeting the love of my life-I thought I had found him. Life takes us on unexpected journey's. This is how we live and learn. For some reason I met another man who was to forever change who I am just like what happened to Meryl Streep's and Robert Deniro's characters. In the end, they found their way back to where they were supposed to be, with each other.
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