So I enjoyed my new found freedom as an adult too

So I enjoyed my new found freedom as an adult too
By happy housewife
December 5, 2015
Format: Amazon Video

I was a young adult in the late 90's when I first saw this film-the ending left me stunned!! And it stayed uncomfortably in my head for quite some time, I was around the same age as the character,newly divorced after miserable years from a teen marriage,.So I enjoyed my new found freedom as an adult,and some of my activity would definitely mimic some scenarios in the film. So all the reviews that pick this story apart and inevitably end with the basic assumption that this was a sad,misguided, desperate woman-with all kinds of psychological issues kind of pisses me off.
The fact is the first 98% of the movie could have been a romantic comedy-a young professional woman,establishing herself in a career and move to the "big city"not ready to marry whatsoever,but still have fun-which for her included random one night stands,nothing uncommon there as I see it,Youth,mixed with alcohol,drugs and on occasion very poor judgement is a likely cocktail for disastrous results.
Without spoiling ot for the few that haven't seen it,all I will say is the last 2 1/2 minutes make the film SO NOT a rom-com.
This movie disturbed me on many levels-but hey! its just a movie...right??
Well maybe I am the last to know,but it is not "just" a movie. I only JUST found out,thanks to the Discovery ID channel that this is actually very much a real true story-(look up "crimes to remember-the Rachael Quinn story") So after seeing that I became curious once again -so I am debating on which book to read,the book which the film was based on,that changed some facts,and names,but left the significant parts from the book intact-or the later,after the movie,book written called "closing time" which perports to be the actual,factual story of Rachael Quinn,,
Beyond the subject matter-there are other cool reasons to see the film,The look back at the 70"s style,music,attitude is interesting,
Also there's Richard Gere's first appearance on film,which clearly shows why he became a super star. And of course Dianne Keaton,who's only other movie I had seen at the time was Annie Hall,which I liked -but her character was so flaky,so to see her do "goodbar" was surprising,All in all an entertaining film,which zig zags around a bit-with flash backs-and thankfully there are quite a few comical moments,(see Richard Gere again)all the better to keep you off kilter,till the director takes you almost to the end credits before the twisted ending-a complete jaw dropper,