it seem a if and a i read through other comment and that many people either do not understand the film or have not pay attention to what be go on in the story . i have read one that state something along the line of and how could a man go so insane that he lock up for ten year because he mad about another man beat his wife . if one pay attention to the context clue and it be apparent that eddie have a history of mental illness . the story do not begin with the opening scene . you have to pay attention to the film detail and it allusion to pre exist circumstance . i think this film be excellent . the character be not likeable people on the surface . if i know someone like maureen in real life i would probably detest her . maureen leave her child to be with her lover and she drink while pregnant and and she dumb a rock and but you have to look past the character flaw and focus on what this story be about . it not about moral and reasonable and rational decision making . those concept do not typically make for artistic expression . this story be about love and obsession two human condition that be not often pleasant but very real . anyone who have be in love know that it can drive you mad . it such a drag while at the same time and there nothing else that can make you so high the way love do . you have to appreciate the feeling that mo and eddie have for one another . i do not understand how one can not appreciate and how one can not absolutely love and some of the hysterical dialogue in this film . maureen tell eddie she want to smash bottle over people head and then add and because i love you . that thought of maureen becomes something later in the film that eddie say repeatedly . mo thought become a part of eddie self perception . the define moment in this film be when eddie and mo reunite . it the look that they give each other a they drive off leave her family . the look in their eye be real and and you can see that and at least to them and there be nothing else for her to do but go with him . to them it be the only right thing in the world .