"In sickness and in health" sounds great when everyone's in the pink, but the onset of illness puts everything into a very different perspective. And that, in a nutshell, is what this brisk, unsentimental romantic drama is about: How lovers Nick (Robert
Carlyle) and Karen (Juliet Aubrey) reconfigure their ideas about life together when Nick develops multiple sclerosis. An extroverted Scot with a gaggle of vulgar soccer buddies and a job as a plasterer, Nick coasts through life with a kind of cheerful pragmatism: He may not be the richest or the
handsomest or the smartest guy in the world, but he's getting by just fine so he doesn't sweat the small stuff. Truth be t...
Released:
1995
Rated:
NR
Length:
88 mins