Instead he thinks up the worst ending imaginable: Hemingway has Catherine die from hemorrhaging after their child is stillborn. It is the most torturous ending I have ever experienced and probably will ever experience in literature, movies, or even television. I am crying so hard at the end, partly for the characters, yes, but also because Nikki actually teaches this book to children. I cannot imagine why anyone would want to expose impressionable teenagers to such a horrible ending. Why not just tell high school students that their struggle to improve themselves is all for nothing?
Matthew QuickSo Iโm thinking this is the part of my movie where things appear as if nothing is going to work out. I have to remind myself that all movie characters go through this sort of dark period before they find their happy ending.
Matthew QuickShe looks sad. She looks angry. She looks different from everyone else I knowโshe cannot put on that happy face others wear when they know they are being watched. She doesnโt put on a face for me, which makes me trust her somehow.
Matthew QuickTiffany and I are great friends, and I appreciate all that she is doing for me now. But she is not you. I still love you, Nikki. And you canโt control or alter true love.
Matthew Quick