Now Is Good

Now Is Good (2012)

  • 56% of critics liked it
    (25 reviews)

  • 85% want to see it
    (927 ratings)

Tessa is seventeen and passionate about life. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, she determines to use every moment, compiling a catalogue of what a normal teenager would experience, including losing her virginity and taking drugs. With the help of her friend Zoey, she sets the list in motion. While… More

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PG-13,
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Art House & International, Drama
Sony Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Cath Clarke, Time Out

    Hellbent on inspiring a rush of wind-beneath-my-wings, life-affirming feeling.

  • Guy Lodge, Variety

    [Spikes] the Nicholas Sparks-style teen Love Story plot with refreshing flashes of sex, drugs and Ellie Goulding songs.

  • Brian Orndorf, Blu-ray.com

    Surprisingly harsh when it comes to the dented appeal of its lead character, the movie is a predictable drag, attempting to cozy up to its young adult literary origins in a decidedly tuneless fashion.

  • Andy Lea, Daily Star

    There's nothing like a terminal illness for firing up a sappy romantic drama.

  • Amber Wilkinson, Eye for Film

    This latest directorial outing by Ol Parker has a veneer of cancer but it's the wish-fulfilment teenage romance at its heart that is most likely to appeal to its target audience.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Nicki M


    Mixed feelings on this one. On one hand, very moving, but there were a few things that kept me from really liking this as much as I might have. The main one was the little plot with her friend's pregnancy. I didn't think it belonged in this story, and Tessa's reaction… More

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    "I was completely sobbing by the end of this film. Ugh, hate crying. But the movie was too heartbreaking and touching to keep them from spilling down. Seventeen year old Tessa is dying of leukemia. She is desperate to live as much as she can before her disease claims her life.… More

  • Caesar M


    Films based around terminal illnesses are a difficult ones to tackle from a filmmaking standpoint. They can cross the line of being sincere and sensitive to simply being manipulative and exploitative for awards. Now Is Good is not emotionally powerful it wants to be, but never solely… More

  • The Movie W


    Fanning gives an assured performance with a convincing English accent but no amount of quality acting can make up for how unlikable her character is. She's little more than a spoilt brat who treats everyone around her with contempt, even her loving father, Considine, the only… More

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