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| Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: September 26, 2003 |
Starring:
Leonor Watling, Mark Ruffalo, Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman
Summary:
Burdened with the secret that she is dying of cancer, but liberated by her new sense of control, a young woman?s emotional journey leads her to unexpected places and gives her life new meaning. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Successfully surmounts nearly all the challenges of making a film about a young person dying. Which means the writer-director avoids pitfalls. It is not cloying or sentimental or falsely optimistic. It avoids bathos and exaggerated emotions. Instead, the film affirms life in surprising and gratifying ways.
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Jul 8, 2006
visually, this film is superb. a very good script too, in terms of structure, even though the story itself sounds a bit conservative (see also the Village's witty review).
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Sep 15, 2007
The story presents a credible alternative to dieing young without being taken in by self-pity.
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