The Only Thrill (1997)

Set in a small rural town in 1966 Texas, a man (Sam Shepard) who owns a clothing store has a wife in a coma from which she will never awake. Into his shop one day walks a seamstress (Diane Keaton) looking for work. Their attraction to each other is casual at first but as the movie follows their rocky relationship for the next 30 years, it's apparent that it isn't casual. Based on the play THE TRADING POST by Larry Ketron (who adapts his play for the screen) and directed by Peter Masterson (TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL). A tedious ..... romantic comedy (?) for lack of a better description although I found it neither romantic or comedic. What I found it was pointless and lethargic. The film's "message" of grab love when you find it or else you'll regret it for the rest of your life has been done before and in better movies (LETTERS TO JULIET comes to mind). With Diane Lane, Robert Patrick, Sharon Lawrence and Tate Donovan.