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Plot:
Four siblings rush home to say a last goodbye to their very sick mother. When she hangs on, they find themselves trapped together for two weeks. Through laughter and tears, they come to terms with the...( read more 
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MCT:August 22, 2008Very brooding & disappionting. Sally Field's believable, powerful performance is the only saving grace of this otherwise uninsightful, implausible story that feels like it was written by 8th graders...
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MCT:August 12, 2008I watched this today and was blown away. I laughed and then I cried and Laughed again. A MUST SEE!
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MCT:August 4, 2008Sally Field is great, as is Ben Chaplin, Thomas Cavanagh, Julianne Nicholson, and James Murtaugh. Don't really see enough of Clea DuVall.
I laughed a lot. Enjoyed it a lot. I really liked the cast, the script, the dialogues, the acting, the flow, the length 102 minutes seems longer because caught up in the Two Weeks.
Iit is all about the story and it is finely acted.
Seems like a damn fine for first time writer, director & producer Steve Stockman. -
MCT:July 25, 2008
great film...
I totally love Sally Field movies..
bcuz she is such a huge actress and this story about a final desease is so sad..it makes me cry a lot..
I didnt like the ending! -
MCT:July 21, 2008
This was a good movie! About a Mother dying and the kids come together to help take care of their dying Mom. I went through the same thing and this was pretty much, right on the money, on many accounts. I can't say that I like this film, because of the subject matter, but it was a good film and worth seeing. I'd definitely recommend it!
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MCT:June 14, 2008Sally Field is formidable as the dying mother, and this bittersweet dramatic comedy movie's warm advocacy of hospice, with all the dignity such end-of-life care provides, does real, influential good.
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MCT:June 1, 2008Really nice movie. Really sad and had some funny times too. Really sad and nice. I wish that she didn't dye. Lovely movie. Great drama.
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MCT:April 7, 2008
Sally Field was amazing. She was the heart and soul of the family and of the movie. Ben Chaplin was also amazing, playing an zen American. The last time I saw him, it was a very British loser in Birthday Girl. As amazing the acting was, the story was simply a depiction of a dying person with a few funny moments, but not much sad moments. Overall, it was a very real depiction but too real to the point that it wasnt entertaining.
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MCT:March 17, 2008
A brilliant and touching movie! Sally Field is simply great. Ben Chaplin and Tom Cavanagh are fantastic as well. The story plot centralizes around a family of four who are dealing with their mother's dying. Great connection of family, kinship, and the bond reaffirmed between siblings. They (altogether) deal with the decline of their mother's health, and the grief surrounded in laying her to rest in scattering her ashes.
Memorable scenes: 1) The grocery store, where the boys are buying stuff and they get thrown out. 2) The siblings are debating whether to carry through with scattering their mother's ashes, one by one, they work through it. -
MCT:February 8, 2008
Awesome performance by Sally Field who plays a woman dying of cancer who's children all come home to spend her last two weeks with her. Somber storyline BUT, having gone through caring for a dying loved one more than once, I can say this movie comes as close as it really does get. The tears, the fear, the guilt and anger and feelng separted from the rest of the world, etc, etc..it's all here. The interaction between the siblings is real and believable. There are also some very funny moments and they would not have gotten it right had there not been. This IS a sad film, however it shows the beauty and the value of our lives.
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MCT:December 26, 2007
this movie is about the last two weeks of a very sick woman who is dying of cancer. i know it sounds a little predictable, but the actors didn't let that ruin their skills.
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MCT:December 8, 2007
Sally Fields plays a terminally ill woman with cancer whose children come home to care for her as she dies.
I love Field;s performance and thought that of Julainne Nicholson and Thomas Cavanaugh was real enough.
Ben Chaplin's acting was hollow and boring...plus, he looked like baby Peter Gallagher and his creepy pod person "American accent" was unsettling. Oh, and Clea Duvall is unfortunately underused with a small part.
That being said, I did like the film, especially the use of film clips cammed when Sally Field's character was not as sick. It gave some decent background and made you feek for hers, and some of the other characters.
I thought some of the comedy was out of place or in poor taste, but there were a few times I really laughed.
I reccomend it on its merits alone, but it will be difficult for anyone who has dealt with cancer to watch, so use discretion. -
MCT:December 6, 2007
Sally Field is excellent in this movie. Wow it was incredibly sad and powerful. It makes you see what some people go through when there faced with death.
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MCT:October 29, 2007
Very well-acted and well-written story about a mother who is dying and her 4 kids come home to be with her in her last days. Sally Field is extraordinary (of course). It does pull on the heart strings a bit so have a box of Kleenex ready, even though you already know what the ending will be.
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MCT:October 14, 2007
"Two Weeks" is a serious film about a family going through a tragic experience, it is also very funny and true. Stockman, who wrote and directed the film, manages to capture the humor and emotion of a family as they cope with of the impending loss of their mother. It is a brave and honest film. Sally Field is wonderful as the strong and funny matriarch who stares death down. Her performance is powerful and complex. Ben Chaplin, Tom Cavanaugh and Julianne Nicholson deliver honest and subtle performances. They truly seem like a family sharing all of the affection, sorrow and conflict you would expect of siblings going through such a difficult experience. The film is funny and moving.
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MCT:October 12, 2007
Very sad movie. Death is difficult. Especially when it is your mom and the rock that holds the family together.
Great cast!
It's a tearjerker so get the kleenex ready. Not all depressing though since it had a few laughs as well. -
MCT:October 1, 2007
This was extremely difficult to watch only since, I'm a deeply emotional person. I may have become too involved in thinking if I only had 2 weeks to spend with my dying mother...so that probably didn't help matters. Aside from that I thought it was sad yet humorous at times. I really wanted to slap each & every one of the siblings at some point in the movie or another. Definitely, has some good, & valuable life lessons when dealing with any ailing relative or friend.
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MCT:September 20, 2007
It's a beautiful movie. Great cast. I'm pretty sure anyone could relate to this movie on some level. It may sound like a total depressing movie, but it's not. Yes you will cry off and on. But you laugh too. There was a lot of great dark humor involved. I found myself crying and then laughing, crying and laughing. It was a good emotional and truthful movie.
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MCT:September 18, 2007
THE SYNOPSIS ON THIS MOVIE DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE. IT IS A VERY SAD MOVIE AT TIMES, YET HAS A LIGHTER FUNNY SIDE TO IT ALSO. SALLY FIELD'S DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB, AND FOR ME IT REALLY TOUCHED HOME. ESPECIALLY THE SISTER-IN-LAW NO ONE CARED FOR! FOR ANYONE WHO HAS LOST A MOM TO CANCER THIS WILL VERY MUCH AFFECT YOU, BUT IT IS TRULY A MUST SEE MOVIE.
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MCT:June 23, 2007It might be horrific, but with Ben Chaplin (The Truth About Cats & Dogs, The Thin Red Line) and Clea Duvall I think I could easily wach this one...
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MCT:March 3, 2007
if i was to move away and came back for a dying relative aint no way in hell i'd be able to be stuck with em for 2 weeks more then the original fam member be dying if i was stuck here with them agn no way in hell i'd let that happen
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GoodPossumposted 44 days ago -
Everyone should see this movie at least once. I went through the same thing with my Mom and it, definitely, wasn't easy. To quote my best friend Greg Klein:
"You never get over the loss, it just gets easier to live with."
If you have gone through this or are going through this, it's alright to cry, anywhere, anytime, and if people don't like it, "F" them; do it anyway!
Take care all,
William
Zzzzzzzooooommmmmm!
"It is easy to be brave, from a distance." -American Indian Proverb-posted 47 days ago -
IF YOU HAVE LOST YOUR OWN MOM TO CANCER THIS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO WATCH. IT WAS FOR ME, YET SALLY FIELD'S DOES AN EXCELENT JOB PORTRAYING THE MOM, AND IT REALLY TOUCHES ON THE HUMAN SIDE OF WHAT HER GROWN CHILDREN ARE FEELING. IT WLL BRING YOU TO TEARS, YET IT WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH. BEING OF JEWISH HERITAGE THE SIBLINGS DISCUSSION TO BRING IN THE RABBI OR NOT HAD ME BURST INTO LAUGHTER WHEN HE DOES ARRIVE. I COULD VERY MUCH RELATE TO THE SISTER-IN-LAW NO ONE IN THE FAMILY CARED FOR. TRULY A MOVIE FULL OF LOVE, TEARS, A TOUCH OF HUMOR AND MUCH FEELING AND COMPASSION. A TRULY MUST SEE MOVIE, THE SYNOPSIS POSTED WITH THE MOVIE DOES NOT DO IT CREDIT AT ALL, I ALMOST PASSED OVER VIEWING IT, GLAD I DID NOT!
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