First, let me say that I loved Elizabeth Shue's portrayal of the character Molly, and found myself caught up in the beautiful love story which developed with Thomas Jane's character. The movie is sweet and old-fashioned, sentimental and heartbreaking...and familiar. Yes, familiar! I've seen this story before with Cliff Robertson in a teleplay in 1961, then his Academy-Award-winning portrayal of Charly Gordon in 1968, and finally Mathew Modine in 2000's tv movie "Flowers for Algernon." In fact, Daniel Keyes won the Hugo award for Best Short Story in 1960 for his short story, "Flowers for Algernon," which was subsequently made into a novel, a motion picture, tv movie, radio show, several stage adaptations, etc. Dick Christie is given credit for writing "Molly," but there is no such credit for Daniel Keyes or his short story. "Molly" is about a mentally-challenged woman with autism who undergoes experimental brain surgery and becomes a genius capable of understanding the most complex of brain theories. She reaches a point where she begins to relapse, and returns to her former self. Okay, so there's no rat named Algernon that she races with during tests, but it is clearly Daniel Keyes' story. IMDB needs to acknowledge this fact and credit Keyes with the story idea.
