September 13, 2008
Wow...
Audra McDonald, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins
Based on the Margaret Edson play, Vivian Bearing is a literal, hardnosed English professor who has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. During the story, she reflects on her reactions to the c...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 11, 2001
Stats: 566 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (566)
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January 14, 2008Pure wit... Just like its title suggests. Very emotionally powerful and still charming. The kind of excelence you would expect when you put Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson together.
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August 3, 2009If this made for TV pic had only gotten a limited release in N.Y. and L.A., I believe Emma Thompson would have swept every actress award from every American ceremony. Her performance in it is by far the best performance by a woman in 2001.
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November 4, 2009Absolutely shattering. If you realize it is a play and are ready for a lot of dialogue it is quite rewarding. A deeply moving and thought provoking movie. I was stunned by the end of it.
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June 28, 2009Cancer is bad enough but she goes through so much yet does not have good Doctors as far as I am concerned. They want to end up in a book. The nurses are so sincere and caring then some of the Doc's. She is beautiful and smart in so many ways.
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April 1, 2009Beautiful work by Emma Thompson and Audra McDonald but profoundly sad. More to be appreciated than enjoyed. Lovely cameo by Eileen Atkins.
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February 14, 2009Well this film was very emotionally powerful and still charming. The kind of excelence you would expect when you put Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson together.
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December 30, 2007I was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in June 2000, Papillary Serous Cystadenocarcinoma. When you're diagnosed with such a terminal disease, you come into contact with some very "detached" medical personnel, some are like that to save themselves the pain and suffering of becoming close and dealing with us who may not "have a chance", some are like that because they do not seem to remember that the patient is STILL a human being and not a "test subject" that needs to be cracked. When I was recommended this movie to see, I had just finished my last round of Chemotherapy a few months before. A friend of mine taped it off HBO, she mailed the tape to me-I thank God for her and what she brought to me. What I saw was one of the most beautiful movies I'll ever have the honor to view in my lifetime. I felt what she was going through, I knew what she was enduring and although mine was a happy ending, I can put myself in her position time and time again when I see it-Mike Nichols got it right!
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