Featured Audience Ratings

• Universal D

  
  A bit of a labor of love for Thompson and Nichols who co-wrote the screenplay about a hardnosed, uncompromising English scholar who's diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer, and because of this, desperate for the human contact she previously disrespected. Often gloomy and slow,… More
  A bit of a labor of love for Thompson and Nichols who co-wrote the screenplay about a hardnosed, uncompromising English scholar who's diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer, and because of this, desperate for the human contact she previously disrespected. Often gloomy and slow, the saving grace is Nichol's gentle and caring presentation of Thompson's heartfelt. performance

• Jennifer X

  
  I've seen this twice and I loved it both times. It's a real emotional kick in the pants, especially the orange popsicle scene right before the DNR climax. Also, Jonathan Woodward is absurdly good looking in this film, though he is not usually in other things he does.

• jay n

  
  Beautiful work by Emma Thompson and Audra McDonald but profoundly sad. More to be appreciated than enjoyed. Lovely cameo by Eileen Atkins.

• Leigh R

  
  Wow...

• Alec B

  
  In the great tradition of tv movies, this is one of the better ones I've seen. Emma Thompson gives her best performance as a professer of John Donne poetry who is dieing of cancer. The film may move too quickly (it was based on a play and I think a lot was cut) but there are some… More
  In the great tradition of tv movies, this is one of the better ones I've seen. Emma Thompson gives her best performance as a professer of John Donne poetry who is dieing of cancer. The film may move too quickly (it was based on a play and I think a lot was cut) but there are some beautiful moments, as when a former teacher comes to visit Thompson's character on her last few hours and reads The Runaway Bunny, and refers to it as a analogy for the soul. Also the use of Donnes poetry (seeing as how the man always wrote of death) as a way to come to terms with everything is very powerful. It's a very sad and moving film.

• Brian R

  
  This is a great movie. Tender, captivating, and sometimes funny. Makes you really care and as humans we shouldn't really take life just for granted.

• Sunil J

  
  Emma Thompson is amazing in one of the very first HBO movies.

• Leo L

  
  Great film!

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