Alternately tragic and comic, an exploration of the complexities of love in both its brightest and darkest corners. Adapted from John Irving's best-selling novel A Widow for One Year, the film is set in the privileged beach community of East Hampton, New York and chronicles one pivotal summer in the lives of famous children's book author Ted Cole (Jeff Bridges) and his beautiful wife Marion (Kim Basinger). Their once-great marriage has been strained by tragedy. Her resulting despondency and his subsequent infidelities have prevented the couple from confronting a much-needed change in their relationship. Eddie O'Hare, the young man Ted hires to work as his summer assistant, is the couple's unwitting yet willing pawn - and, ultimately, the catalyst in the transformation of their lives.
A woman stands still fully naked while a man is drawing her. We see her breasts and pubic hair and then her buttocks when she turns around.
A guy masturbates in two scenes. We see his arm moving rhythmically and he's either interrupted or caught both times. In one scene the teenage boy is seen briefly from the back as he masterbates and his buttocks are seen (he has his shorts and underwear pulled down). When he is interrupted he pulls them up quickly.
A woman undresses her blouse and a guy in front of her takes off his clothes till he's in his boxers. Then the woman puts his hand under her skirt and it is implied that he climaxes. No nudity.
A woman and a guy thrust in bed. They're both fully naked and we get a side view of their buns and her breasts. This scene is very short.
We hear moaning and it is implied that a guy and a woman are having sex. A little girl interrupts them and as they try to cover themselves you see the guy's buttocks and a brief view of the woman's rear.
A woman thrusts slowly on the top of a guy. She's wearing a shirt but you see her rear from the side. Again, very short scene.
On two different occasions we see explicit drawings of spread vaginas.
A man is seen naked twice but not in any sexual context. You see his buttocks both times.
violence
A man slaps another one in the face and then the second one punches him. The fight stops there and you see the first man bleeding from his nose.
A man has a bruise on his forehead and blood spots on his shirt.
profanity
6 f-words and some sex-related dialogue.
frightening
A woman chases a man with a knife. Then she tries to run over him.
