I saw it and was disappointed; the movie justifiably spent time showing the husband's struggles (and failures) in his marriage and the effort he put back into wooing his wife.
However, the wife's own failures were, for the most part, ignored and there was no similar growth for her character (an older woman, a minor character, does try to express concern when she is seeing a young, handsome doctor while married, but the wife dismisses her concerns and shuts down the conversation.
The movie would have been better had they showed that BOTH parties need to work in a marriage.
True, the movie doesn't show any "growth" on the part of Catherine Holt. Near the beginning of the story she makes two decisions: 1) to divorce Caleb 2) to carry on a romantic relationship with Dr. Keller. This second decision is the basis for most of Catherine's attitudes and actions throughout the rest of the story until her "Moment of truth". Only after her "moment of truth" does Catherine have an interest in growing herself.
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