I first saw this movie when I was 20 yrs old. A time when the people around me started pushing the need to settle down: marriage, kids, grow old. I saw this movie and it mirrored everything I was mentally doing to push against the pushers! It's been many years since then and I have been to 26 countries on my own. Remarkably not Greece (yet)! I was inspired for it being ok to want to discover myself first. To have a life of my own and to be proud of it! One lady wrote a negative review about it being selfish to abandon your child- she failed to mention it was 2 adult children, not even close to being the same thing. I have watched this movie so many times I know it by heart!
Review of Shirley Valentine
