Only Love (1998) (TV)

Director:

John Erman

Writers (WGA):

Erich Segal (book)
Gerald Christopher (teleplay)

Release Date:

10 May 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Told in flashback, a successful neurosurgeon (Rob Morrow) is unexpectedly called upon to treat his former...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Based On Book

Cast

Marisa Tomei	...	Evie
Rob Morrow	...	Matthew Heller
Mathilda May	...	Silvia Rinaldi
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Francois
Georges Corraface	...	Nico Rinaldi
Natacha Lindinger	...	Denise
Paul Freeman	...	Dallesandro
Cyril Nri	...	Eric Blair
Jonathan Aris	...	Emil Becker
Michiel Nooter	...	Gerrit Kleiman
Rodney Beddal	...	Dino (as Rodney Beddall)
Sylvia Rotter	...	Anna-Maria
Kate Harper	...	Dr. Hiller's Receptionist
Jeffery Kissoon	...	Rashid
Jay Benedict	...	Roger

Also Known As:

Nur Liebe hält ewig (Germany) [de]
Nur die Liebe hält ewig (Germany) [de]
Por amor (Spain) [es]
Rien d'autre que l'amour (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
Somente Amor (Brazil) [pt]
Vain rakkauden tähden (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

UK:215 min (including commercials) | Spain:81 min (25 fps) (without end titles) | USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Film Afrika Worldwide

Goofs:

Continuity: Evie presses Matthew to talk about what has been worrying him and she is holding his hand while she tells him that she can make him talk. In the next shot (taken from the opposite side) he is holding hers.

Movie Connections:

References Anna Karenina (1935)

Pleasant - But Overly Long - Entertainment

My wife and I watched the film over two nights and wish it had been cut by an hour or so. The padding that is too often part of made-for-TV movies was all too obvious and, by the end, we were getting very tired of Sylvia's clinging and the 'meaningful' looks. The film belongs to Marisa Tomei and, to a lesser extent to Rob Morrow who create engaging characters who save the film from its plot excesses. We had only seen Tomei once previously, in 'My Cousin Vinny'. We recognize that many found her work in that movie very funny, but we thought her character was annoying at best. Her portrayal of Evie in 'Only Love' is refreshing. Honorable Mentions to Paul Freeman (who we know from 'Monarch of the Glen')and Jeroen Krabbé ('Prince of Tides' and 'The Fugitive') who salvaged characters who would have been hopelessly stereotypical in lesser hands.