Screen: Simon’s Revenge and Spielberg’s Fast-Paced Bubble

self-esteem, it is Ruth who must consolenand reassure Nick of his worth. In thenexhausted calm which follows the climax,nNick expresses his love for the first time.nBut the audience senses that the momentnfor such declarations has passed and thatnthe relationship which might have been,ndied with the refusal . . .