Yet, the obstacle that many coworkers, friends, and couples of the opposite gender encounter most is that one tightly seals their emotions and thoughts from the other. As a result, this leaves the unheard partner relentlessly prying at their other half in a feeble attempt to have them display their state of being, but unfortunately make matters worse in the process. In the 1991 film, The Doctor, Anne Mackee (Christine Lahti) suffers from a similar experience in regard to her husband Jack Mackee (William Hurt). From the beginning of the movie, Jack, a prideful and comical surgeon, displays inattentiveness towards his wife and seems to intentionally restrain himself from showing his feelings to her. When Jack is later diagnosed with throat cancer, he persistently conceals the stress he is struggling to manage and how the treatment makes him feel emotionally. Consequently, this leaves Anne feeling as if she’s losing the affection of her husband, and begins to contemplate if she is trapped in a loveless
Yet, the obstacle that many coworkers, friends, and couples of the opposite gender encounter most is that one tightly seals their emotions and thoughts from the other. As a result, this leaves the unheard partner relentlessly prying at their other half in a feeble attempt to have them display their state of being, but unfortunately make matters worse in the process. In the 1991 film, The Doctor, Anne Mackee (Christine Lahti) suffers from a similar experience in regard to her husband Jack Mackee (William Hurt). From the beginning of the movie, Jack, a prideful and comical surgeon, displays inattentiveness towards his wife and seems to intentionally restrain himself from showing his feelings to her. When Jack is later diagnosed with throat cancer, he persistently conceals the stress he is struggling to manage and how the treatment makes him feel emotionally. Consequently, this leaves Anne feeling as if she’s losing the affection of her husband, and begins to contemplate if she is trapped in a loveless