i find this movie to be charm . i think the character be develop since a i watch and i find myself care about these people . this be a period piece that i believe take place during the depression . a single mother and who be know a the town recluse ( she have reason to be ) and put an ad in the paper for a husband . christopher reeve play a ex con who happen into town look for work . he see the ad and he go out to see her . she hire him . i really have some chuckle a their relationship progress because i find it easy to put myself in their shoe . everything go on so matter of fact . he need the work so he doesn not want to upset her . and she need his help and but doesn not want him to get the upper hand . they dance around the fact that they begin to really need each other . thing start warm up until . the big blowup . i would not spoil it by tell you what happen . but the point of resolution be perfectly wonderful . i find the story to be very believable for the time it take place . i think this be one of the good relationship stories out there . maybe the young generation would not get it but if you be over 40 i think you will like it . and if you like christopher reeve in somewhere in time you will like him in this one also .