Two Weeks (2006)

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Director Steve Stockman takes the helm for this semi-autobiographical comedy drama about an estranged family that comes together for one last goodbye, and finds their assumedly brief farewell inexorably dragged out for two excruciating weeks. Aging matriarch Anita (Sally Field) is dying, but before… More Director Steve Stockman takes the helm for this semi-autobiographical comedy drama about an estranged family that comes together for one last goodbye, and finds their assumedly brief farewell inexorably dragged out for two excruciating weeks. Aging matriarch Anita (Sally Field) is dying, but before she goes, she has requested that her four grown children travel back home to visit their ailing mother on her deathbed. Eager to gain a better understanding of the dying process, daughter Emily purchases a variety of self-help books on the subject. Though brother Keith (Ben Chaplin) soon arrives determined to float through the process in typical L.A. Zen mode, Emily contends that the only way to be prepared for the future is to consider every detail that can go awry. When PR executive Barry arrives intent on getting some work done before death comes knocking, it appears as if he is more concerned with getting broadband Internet in the house than actually tending to his mother. Meanwhile, youngest brother Matthew sets at the sidelines biding his time as his unlikable wife, Katrina, callously speculates on which of the dying woman's luxurious jewels she will be inheriting. Now, as Anita begins to look back at her life while reflecting on the time spent with her family, the question of who will hold this family together once she is gone casts a melancholy shadow over her fond memories. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By: Steve Stockman
Genres: Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

In Theaters: Oct 20, 2006 Wide
On DVD: Sep 18, 2007
Studio: MGM

Critic Reviews

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Field looks appropriately wiped out. Although given how brittle, awkward, and completely uninteresting her younger co stars are, she could just be exasperated -- she's doing all the lifting.
John Maynard, Washington Post
You will have to like Sally Field, you will have to really like Sally Field, to sit through Two Weeks.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
The movie's warm advocacy of hospice, with all the dignity such end-of-life care provides, does real, influential good.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Attempts at black humor, although not unrealistic during such a trying time, fall flat. Far worse than not laughing at the jokes, you're unlikely to be moved to tears at sad moments.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Overall, TV veteran Stockman isn't terribly skillful at meshing comedy and drama.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
In the deathbed drama Two Weeks, Sally Field creates an agonizing portrait of a middle-aged American everywoman in the final stages of ovarian cancer.
Cynthia Fuchs, Common Sense Media
Indie drama mixes clichés with family strife.
Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
Sally Field gives a brave and convincing portrayal of a woman facing death. It's a heartbreaking performance and Field attacks the mental and physical pain facing Anita with veracity.
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
offers a little too much dysfunction and not enough humor for my tastes
Ted Murphy, Murphy's Movie Reviews
TWO WEEKS offers some positive views on hospice care and tackles head-on a theme that few American features do, but it lacks the gravitas of something like the European drama THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU.
Nick Schager, Cinematical
An awkward hybrid of earnest weepiness and bouncy lightheartedness.
Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion
A sentimental weepie about coping with death that tries to mix laughter and tears but induces only groans.
Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York
The well-intentioned screenplay is all over the map, with many scenes too truncated to go anywhere dramatically or emotionally. Is a cancer movie that leaves you dry-eyed an oxymoron?
Ken Fox, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Sally Field's flawless performance as a mother whose imminent death reunites her four grown children elevates a fairly formulaic melodrama... into something considerably more memorable.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
There is much to like in this poignant movie about those who leave this life and those left behind, but Two Weeks never quite pulls everything off.
John P. McCarthy, Boxoffice Magazine
Although quite touching and stitched with black humor, little of what transpires feels like it's happening to particular people at a particular time in a particular place.

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Sally Field, Julianne Nicolson, Ben Chaplin, Clea DuVall, Glenn Howerton 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… More
Sally Field, Julianne Nicolson, Ben Chaplin, Clea DuVall, Glenn Howerton 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 tragedies we all must face and rediscover the joy we find in each other. The film chronicles the Bergmans' alternately heartbreaking and hilarious struggles, intercut with Anita's own reflections on her life and her family. What happens to a family when the one person who holds it together can't hold on anymore? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sally Field is amazing. She absolutely breaks my heart in this movie. Anyone who has had a close member pass away from cancer like myself just recently, can relate to this story. This movie takes you to where many of us have been when they are all coming together to say goodbye to a loved one. This movie will have you back and forth from tears to laughter. Sally field is one who never disappoints with another brilliant performance. A must see.
Dean M

Sally 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.
jay n

Sally as always is great but the movie is a downer and the rest of the cast is only average.
Leo L

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… More
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.

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            Sally Field as Anita Bergman

            Ben Chaplin as Keith Bergman

            Lauren Ellman as Flight Attendant

            Julianne Nicholson as Emily Bergman

            Tom Cavanagh as Barry Bergman

            James Murtaugh as Jim Cranston

            Amy Hubbard as Betsy Straight

            Terrence E. McNally as Gerald Corwin

            Michael Hyatt as Carol

            Glenn Howerton as Matthew Bergman

            Clea DuVall as Katrina

            Jenny O'Hara as Julia

            Susan Misner as Sherry

            Anna Grace Smith as Sarah

            Jeffrey A. Johnson as Ben

            Lori Beth Edgeman as Suzanne

            Savannah Eller as Jessica

            Peggy Walton-Walker as Airline Agent

            John Will Clay as National Guard

            Layne Sasser as Sylvia

            Persephone Felder-Fentress as Bedelia Thrush

            Alan Dysert as Bank Manager

            Kenan Thompson as Rabbi

            Neva Howell as Grocery Clerk

            Holly Allen as Customer Service Rep.

            Larry Black as Arnie Taubman

            Judy Leavell as Harriet Taubman
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