Forever Lulu

Melanie Griffith is the titular Lulu, a free-spirited schizophrenic who tracks down her first love, television writer Ben Clifton (unconvincingly portrayed by Patrick Swayze in a pair of prescription-free glasses), in this network attempt at a poignant mental health romantic drama. Despite the mild mannered uneasiness of Clifton's psychologist wife (Penelope Ann Miller), Lulu and Ben venture on a cross-country trip to find their son, Martin (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), whom Lulu had put up for adoption many years previous. They share a tenderness worthy of Sprite commercials (at one point, they dance the cha-cha while pumping gasoline!). During the journey, Ben rethinks h...