Love Hurts

Paul Weaver heads to Pennsylvania at a workmate's urging to attend his sister Karen's wedding to Doug Whipkey. He expects to reconnect with family, not realizing his ex-wife Nancy and their children have moved in with his parents for repairs. The trip is tense from the start, since the looming divorce casts a long shadow over the family gathering. This journey sets the stage for a reunion that is uneasy and complicated.

Upon arriving, Paul discovers Nancy and the kids are staying at his parents' house because of home repairs. He is surprised to find them there and hopes to sleep in his childhood bedroom, only to be confronted by the awkward living arrangement. The scene establishes the fragile, unsettled dynamic between the exes and the kids. The tension foreshadows the conflicts to come.

Paul offers to send Nancy and the children to a motel for the night, but the suggestion triggers an argument, and he ends up leaving in anger. The family rift is temporarily put on hold as he drives away, trying to regain his distance. The moment underscores how fragile the postdivorce peace already is. He moves on toward the wedding, carrying unresolved resentment.

On the road, Paul comes across a broken down pickup and stops to help. He recognizes Susan, one of Karen's bridesmaids, and gives her and her son a lift to their trailer en route to a baseball game. He begins flirting with her, testing his ability to connect with someone new, even as his marriage is strained. The encounter unsettles his conscience and sets up later complications.

At the game, Paul ends up kissing Susan after she moves closer, and they return to the field together. He helps them with a ride back to their trailer, where Susan's husband Danny appears later, angry to see Paul again. The moment reveals Paul's capacity for risk and self deception as a means to escape his problems at home. The unintended affair becomes a core source of tension for the story.

Back at his parents' house, Paul tries to reconnect with his children, but the atmosphere remains charged. David urges Paul to come inside, while Sarah stays aloof and later extorts money from him to talk to her. Nancy arrives and learns there is more to the money dispute, deepening the rift between past and present. The scene intensifies the sense that trust has eroded between the exes.

Boomer storms out with Paul's rental car, leaving him to look for trouble. Paul finds Boomer at a bar, and Doug and David soon follow as they crash a makeshift bachelor party. The night emphasizes the gap between the family responsibilities and the reckless pull of old habits. The drunken escapade heightens the tension ahead of the wedding.

Meanwhile the women celebrate with a hen party in a restaurant, while the drunken men crash the event after their bar escapade. The parallel celebrations underline the split between the groomsmen and bridesmaids. Tensions simmer as the wedding approaches and loyalties are tested. The scenes reinforce the film's themes of fidelity and reconciliation.

Paul returns to the house and the two end up fooling around, but Nancy cuts it short by bringing up his lifelong infidelity. Paul confesses that she is the only woman he has ever loved, deepening their emotional instability. He then leaves, placing a puppy on the sleeping child as he heads out, a symbolic gesture of complicating loyalties. The moment crystallizes the complicated history between them.

Rain pours as Karen's wedding day arrives, and Boomer bows out, leaving Paul to steady the nerves. In the church, Paul is the one who can calm Karen and walk her down the aisle, taking on a pivotal role in the ceremony. The moment reframes Paul as a central figure capable of bridging family tensions. The scene marks a turning point in the family's dynamics.

With a free hour before the reception, Paul takes Sarah to a motel under the pretense of a shower, but the moment turns intimate as they kiss. Paul stops, and Sarah is upset, yet she is also lonely, prompting him to offer friendship instead of romance. The moment tests boundaries and reveals how loneliness can blur lines.

During the reception, Boomer apologizes to Kate for missing the wedding, and Susan collects money from the money dance before leaving. Paul and Nancy eventually locate their daughter, and Paul convinces Susan's mother to let Susan move back to NYC with him. The final choice consolidates the fragile alliances and signals a new start for Susan in Paul's life.