Infidelity is something we are shown as
very black and white, the film segues a bit too simply into the affair and might have felt richer had it explored in more detail the
emotional circumstances of that segue - it just looks too easy.
• want to protect everything — children, relationships, money, time and privacy • tend to be intelligent and educated, and have a higher than average
emotional IQ • want a divorce that is «tailor - made» for their
circumstances, not an «off - the - rack,» ill - fitting form used by everyone (and fitting no one
very well) • want results more than revenge • want to be participants — not victims — in the dissolution of the marriage • want to assure themselves that nothing happens unless they agree to it • want control over the scheduling of events of divorce • want to retain some dignity through the process of divorce • want to end the relationship as positively as possible • see the big picture