There are moments when this amour fou almost makes it. But it finally gets too silly, too often. Richard Gere plays a charming manic depressive, who exists on an uncontrollable series of highs and lows. Lena Olin is a therapist who falls in love with him and tries to cure him. A doomed relationship, as you can well imagine, although director Mike Figgis (who directed Gere in Internal Affairs and guided Nicolas Cage to an Oscar in Leaving Las Vegas) contrives to give us a happy ending of sorts. Though the plot is predictable, Gere is not entirely unbelievable as the man full of suppressed rage, but Olin is a bit too glamorous as the shrink and her Swedish accent renders her dialogue unintelligible when her character gets excited. Some good moments include the scene where Gere attempts to rescue Olin from a berserk patient, but too often you're conscious of restlessly shifting in your seat, aware that the film has lost its grip, both on attention and credibility. And yes, that is Bill Pullman making a brief uncredited appearance as a construction site foreman.

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