Dying Young

Dying Young (1991)

  • 28% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (28,975 ratings)

Directed by Joel Schumacher, Dying Young was adapted from a novel by Marti Leimbach. When Victor Geddes (Campbell Scott) discovers that he is suffering from leukemia, his wealthy family hires pretty, young Hillary O'Neil (Julia Roberts) to help nurse him through his chemotherapy treatment. As the… More

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R, 1 hr. 51 min.
Directed By
Joel Schumacher
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Jun 21, 1991 Wide
On DVD
Feb 3, 2004
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com

    It's not a strong or particularly endearing motion picture, caught in the stylish middle, with Schumacher Schumachering all over the film with extravagant lighting and blustery interiors.

  • Clint Morris, Brag Magazine

    Just try and hold back the tears.. it's impossible

  • Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

    one of those useless bits of goop manufactured exclusively for decades of replay on Lifetime.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Dying Young offers a convincing anatomy of the universal yearning for intimacy.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    A standard Oscar-push weepie.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Wahida K


    She gave him something nobody else could. A reason to live.

  • Summer W


    Sappy. It's so sappy that it's like the sap that drips onto your car and removes the paint.

  • Film C


    it was ok sad film but shows gr8 companion ship and that someone will do anything for love not one of her bests though

  • Sunil J


    Nothing groundbreaking but good.

  • Erin C


    Really depressing movie, but Julia and Scott did really well together.

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