Waterdance, The

Neal Jimenez’s true-story-inspired The Waterdance is a extraordinary and critically acclaimed drama of the lives of three newly disabled men who learn to adjust to the realities of paraplegia and to the outside world. Set in a rehabilitation center, it is a compelling and uplifting story of courage, friendship and the resiliency of the human spirit which conquers feelings of loss and sadness. Rather than focus on the physical ordeals the Jimenez surrogate Eric Stoltz must endure, it is about his complex relationships with his married girlfriend (Helen Hunt) and those around him. His growing bond between a self-pitying former womanizer (Wesley Snipes) and a racist biker (William Forsythe) is heartening.