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In The Waterdance (1992) Eric Stoltz plays a young man who’s life is suddenly changed when he breaks his neck in a hiking accident and is paralyzed. Both Stoltz and Helen Hunt, who plays his girlfriend, do a great job of portraying the struggle to deal with the tragedy of injury. Supported by William Forsythe as a racist biker and Wesley Snipes as an unhappy washed out ladies man, The Waterdance (1992) managed to portray struggle and redemption without becoming overly saccharin or depressing. Definitely not one of the feel good movies of the decade, but an interesting thought exercise in how we deal with adversity.