Mr. Jones (1993)

wonderful performances
tearjerker and wonderfully put together drama - Richard Gere is great in this and gives a very convincing performance.

Great movie, but the ending??
I ordered this movie after having a close friend recently diagnosed Bipolar to see how Richard Gere portrayed a Bipolar patient. As several other reviewers said, his performance is outstanding. The professional consequences of Lena Olin's having become romantically involved with a patient also impressed me as being accurately depicted, no licensed mental health professional in reality, (at least in most states) can become romantic with a patient without serious consequences, and I am glad this movie at least partially dealt with that. Certain parts of Richard Gere's performance when he was in the depressive part of his bipolar, brought tears to my eyes, as well as the performance of the young woman who played Lena Olin's Asian mental patient. It was not only the actress's performance but how her (too) small part in the movie played out that was touching. But the end of the movie? A total cop out on the part of the writers. I won't give it away, but I felt that there was no resolution at all as to whether Richard Gere was ever going to become stable. It was as if the writers said "well, we're running out of time, how can we wrap this up in 8 more minutes?" (the movie runs 114 minutes) All I could think about this ending was "WTF? THIS is how they chose to end it?" I give it 4 stars and not 5, because the whole movie was great up until this ending which I felt left too many loose ends.

Great movie, but the ending??
I ordered this movie after having a close friend recently diagnosed Bipolar to see how Richard Gere portrayed a Bipolar patient. As several other reviewers said, his performance is outstanding. The professional consequences of Lena Olin's having become romantically involved with a patient also impressed me as being accurately depicted, no licensed mental health professional in reality, (at least in most states) can become romantic with a patient without serious consequences, and I am glad this movie at least partially dealt with that. Certain parts of Richard Gere's performance when he was in the depressive part of his bipolar, brought tears to my eyes, as well as the performance of the young woman who played Lena Olin's Asian mental patient. It was not only the actress's performance but how her (too) small part in the movie played out that was touching. But the end of the movie? A total cop out on the part of the writers. I won't give it away, but I felt that there was no resolution at all as to whether Richard Gere was ever going to become stable. It was as if the writers said "well, we're running out of time, how can we wrap this up in 8 more minutes?" (the movie runs 114 minutes) All I could think about this ending was "WTF? THIS is how they chose to end it?" I give it 4 stars and not 5, because the whole movie was great up until this ending which I felt left too many loose ends.