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.
Valerie Flake is a supermarket cashier in her early thirties with a graduate degree and a past as a talented painter. However, since her husband's death she has severed all emotional ties with her past and replaced them with meaningless one-night stands. That is until she meets newly divorced Tim Darnell, who makes her forget about her pain and take pleasure in living and loving again.