Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781574927320
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 1574927329
Label: Live / Artisan
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Live / Artisan
Release Date: 1999-01-12
Running Time: 130
Studio: Live / Artisan
Theatrical Release Date: 1998-05-10

Erich Segal seems to be obsessed with beautiful young women inflicted with cancer. He first used this formula in his tearjerking book Love Story (later made into a 1970 film starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal). It appears again in Only Love, based on Segal's novel of the same name.

Rob Morrow is Matthew Heller, a neurosurgeon who had his heart broken by a stunning Italian doctor, Silvia Rinaldi (Mathilda May). Marisa Tomei is Evie, his best friend from college, who salves his broken heart and endures the ups and downs of her own marriage. Matthew and Evie eventually find each other, only to have their relationship thrown into turmoil when Silvia reenters their lives, this time as Matthew's patient stricken by cancer. Mathilda May shines as Silvia, who defies her father to become a doctor and then finds herself forced to give up her one true love. Marisa Tomei is as cute and perky as ever, and her fans will enjoy this film. However, the plot wears thin and feels rather predictable. Yet, even though you know where this movie is heading, it still has its weepy moments. If you've seen Love Story too many times and are looking for some new fare, this might be an appropriate film for you. Otherwise, stick with Segal's earlier flick; it's far more satisfying. --Jenny Brown

Customer Rating:
Summary: What were they thinking? Those filmmaker...
Comment: Well, well, well, if I didn't read the book first, maybe I would have had diferent opinion on this movie. But I think the way they end the movie did total injustice to the original story of the book. Correct me if I am wrong but the impression I got from the book was that Evie was his true love from the beginning and it was his realization of that and finally being free from his obseession over Silvia made it possible for him to find the music again.

In movie, they end it the way make you think that Silvia was his true love then and now and her love and his grief over her death made him find his lost music. They made it look like Evie is second best after all. Wrong, wrong, wrong way to interpret teh book.

I know you have to look at the book and the movie seperately but since I like the book a lot, I am really dissapointed they way they filmed it. I almost feel cheated...

If you didn't read the book and wondering what I am talking about, all you need to do is go and read the final three chapters. I much rather prefer book's ending than the movie version.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderful Love Story!
Comment: I loved this movie. The acting was wonderful as well as the setting! Be prepared to get a bit weepy though. I highly recommend this movie if you like love stories!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: She's worth it
Comment: This movie could have been done so much better. It had potential, but seems almost like it was just rushed through. It ends up leaving many rough edges that ruin much of the movie. HOWEVER, men especially, it is well worth it just to see Marisa Tomei's performance, which is extraordinarily endearing. Another reviewer said she is so cute, I agree, but would say that is an understatement. I believe most men will leave this movie yearning to be with "Evie" themselves.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderful and diferent love story
Comment: I saw this movie other day, here in Brazil,and I loved it. The story is wonderful and shows how love can be unexpected. We can't know who loved more... .The story between Sylvia and Mathew shows that for the true love there are no frontiers. I loved Marisa Tomei also but I would prefer he had finished with his only true love,Sylvia. You should do this great movie in a DVD version also, because of the beautiful images. I wait for a DVD version, including here in Brazil. Congratulations for the americans for this beautiful story!!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Powerful love story
Comment: Maybe it was because I watched this movie before I ever saw Love Story, but this movie is much more powerful than Love Story-or any other love story for that matter. This is my favorite movie of all time. The plot of forbidden love is not original, but the Rob Morrow and Marissa Tomei's performances more than make up for it. This movie makes you laugh, it makes you cry, and most importantly it makes you love. I would recommend this movie to anyone who is a true fan of love stories.

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