Their relationship was relentlessly passionate and emotionally rough-hewn; they played up each other's strengths, and played off each other's weaknesses".
The movie is a physically rough, emotionally turbulent, harsh-textured crime drama centered on downbeat places in Queens, which, at least by one metric, is the most diverse place on Earth.
If, on the other hand, you do not assign any of your own expectations of their sports achievements you will be calmer and more prepared to be there for them when things get rough emotionally.
"Dennis Rodman came back from North Korea in pretty rough shape emotionally.
His agent, Darren Prince, said the retired NBA star had returned from North Korea in "rough shape emotionally".
He returned from North Korea in "pretty rough shape emotionally", Mr Prince said, citing the pressure of organising an international basketball friendly.
"Although emotionally things are quite rough now because of the terrible violence, of course there is hope and of course a lot has been gained already," Sanaç said.
"He was really very clearly going through a rough patch emotionally," she said in an interview in the Beverly Hills office of her son's manager, adding that it was "very evident that he was struggling".
The new Holmes is rougher, more emotionally multilayered, more inclined to run with his clothing askew, covered in bruises and smudges of dirt and blood.
"Her music, while emotionally deep and honest, is not very rough around the edges," said Josh Modell, an owner of the taste-making Manhattan record store Other Music.
However, judging by the reviews in the trades (Variety called the film "emotionally manipulative"), it's in for a rougher ride outside his home country.
