Yet Lawrence and Nancy were complicated characters, and the marriage had its problems.

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But this film, with its prickly characters and its complicated plot, rips along with tension and power.

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"I don't think it's very often that you come across characters that are intensely unlikable, borderline sadistic, complicated and yet redeeming at the same time, " she says.

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Part of the story and one or two of its characters roughly mirror those in Ford's own notably complicated personal life, replete with affairs and devoted mistresses.

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