this be one of those film i probably never would have pick off the shelf and but it come on ifc one day and i say eric stolz and william forsythe . why not . if i would change the channel and i would have really miss a treasure . the subject be depress young author paralyze in climb accident convalesces in low class rehabilitation center . it would have be so easy and tempt to make this a manipulative tear jerker . but and that doesn not happen because it be write by neal jimenez and after he himself be accidently paralyze . no hollywood happiness here . all of the patient in the ward come from wildly different background and but they share a feeling of helplessness and of be at the mercy of others . stolz be very good a a lone wolf type and force into embarrass dependence on his girlfriend ( helen hunt ) while wesley snipe be fine a a former lady man whose family be fall apart while but william forsythe take the cake a a tough guy determine to make someone pay for take away his independence . see this film .