Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Love the Hard Way." Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna star in this drama about a thief who falls for a curious, beautiful young woman. As their intimacy grows, a slick cop (Pam Greer) is closing in.
Making his weekly visit to his aging mother Muriel, 49-year-old Jack fears she may have suffered a stroke. Jack's wife Holly quickly makes arrangements to have Muriel placed in a geriatric hospital. As Jack is packing up his mother's things for the move, he's forced to confront his family's past, the memory of his dead father and his own self-disappointments.