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MY LIFE WITHOUT ME
I don't know why I woke up this morning, thinking I absolutely had to watch "My life without me". I can't figure out what motivated me like this. Maybe I had been willing to see it for a very long time now. Maybe I just wanted to see it before it is too late. ... Read review
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MY LIFE WITHOUT ME
I don't know why I woke up this morning, thinking I absolutely had to watch "My life without me". I can't figure out what motivated me like this. Maybe I had been willing to see it for a very long time now. Maybe I ... .../>
My opinion about the film
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I don't know if everyone is in that case, but I have been telling myself every day thay I have to write this freaking list "To do before I die", but I have never taken the time to do it. Maybe I am simply afraid of facing the idea of death, of seeing my life as a countdown. We should all do like Ann, and get ready to leave ... more
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This is my first review on Ciao, so I hope I will do okay. As I am not a native English speaker, please, let me know if there are any big mistakes. Thanks!
MY LIFE WITHOUT ME
I don't know why I woke up this morning, thinking I absolutely had to watch "My life without me". I can't figure out what motivated me like this. Maybe I had been willing to see it for a very long time now. Maybe I just wanted to see it before it is too late. Maybe it was time for me to wake up...
The story ******************************************************************
At only 23, Ann has got a loving husband, two lovely little girls, a boring job cleaning universities, and a tumour in both her ovaries. And only two months left to live. She then decides to lie to the people she loves and enjoy the time she has got left. Hence, she sets ups a list of what she must do before she dies, and start working on it.
The actors all are very good and talented. No one is doing too much, just enough to be credible, and touch us,
Ann is played by the very beautiful Sarah Polley (eXistenZ, etc).
Don, her husband, by Scott Speedman (XXX 2).
Lee, (you will discover who he is), by Mark Ruffalo (13 going on 30, Collateral, or more recently, Just Like Heave). It is his acting that touched me the most. He is absolutely fantastic in the film and he conveys a lot of emotions.
It also has to be noted that the songs and music in the movie are really beautiful and appropriate, although they make you feel like crying...
My opinion about the film *************************************************
I don't know if everyone is in that case, but I have been telling myself every day thay I have to write this freaking list "To do before I die", but I have never taken the time to do it. Maybe I am simply afraid of facing the idea of death, of seeing my life as a countdown. We should all do like Ann, and get ready to leave anytime. Though at the moment, I must admit I am totally freaked out!
This film is absolutely heartbreaking. As we know from the very beginning that Ann is going to die, it seems that all little details suddenly take a huge importance, for example when she kisses her daughters goodbye before school. Just seeing this, you can't help crying, thinking that those two adorable little girls will soon be orphans.
Most of the scenes are extremely sad, it's a real torture. All way through the film, I just couldn't help thinking "What if that happened to me?". And the worst thing it actually might be, without me knowing it.
Over her last weeks, Ann achieves her dreams and desires, and plans her life without her, in order to leave behind her only hope and a lot of wonderful memories.
The movie is at times funny, at times touching, but always moving. I was on the verge of tears at least a dozen times, and suddenly, at the end, it all came out. I am sure that this film must have made many people cry, but sometimes it just feels so good!
The best part is that the film never gets cheesy. It doesn't give us the chance to sympathise with Ann. Many things are only suggested. It doesn't show the illness. Just hope. And life. It just lets us admire this wonderful young woman, and tells us one day, it could be us. It also lets us hope, that we will get the chance to get ready. Finally, it just tells us, like a whisper, to start living. NOW. We never know...
Advantages: Well cast, moving story Disadvantages: May be too hard going and morbid for some
This film is aheart wrenching potrayal of a woman on the edge, with beautifully scripted dialogue and a haunting soundtrack to boot this film draws the viewer in and wont let go until the end. I found the film a joy to watch, it is well shot with scenes moving into each other seemlessly and a well cast, Sarah Polley and Mark Ruffalo give a sterling performance and Sarah could not be better cast for the role. The film is not easy to watch and not ...
anathemaMark 27.08.2008
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Running Time
1 hour 46 minutes, 1 hour 42 minutes
Video Category
Feature Film
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
METRODOME DISTRIBUTION; DELUXE VIDEO SERVICE - METRODOME, METRODOME DISTRIBUTION; SONY DADC, IN2FILM; PINK ENTERTAINMENT; SONY DADC
Release date
27/02/2006, 02/05/2007, 19/07/2004
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
MTD 5142, I2F 3011
Barcode
5055002551420, 5055002553011
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Behind The Scenes, Cast And Crew, Q And A With Isabel Coixet, Trailers, Music Video, Interactive menu
Sound
Dolby Digital
Professional reviews
Review
"...A super movie..." (Daily Mirror, )
"...Warm, intelligent and exquisitely sad, this is the kind of film that makes you want to go home and hug the people you love..." (Elle, )
"...Refreshing... Startling... You have to see it..." (Film Review, )
"...A powerful, dignified central performance... Genuinely affecting..." (Uncut, )
DVD Description
Sarah Polley delivers a heartbreakingly subtle performance in Isabel Coixet's MY LIFE WITHOUT ME. Polley is Ann, a young mother and wife who works as a university janitor and lives in a trailer in her mother's backyard. The relationship between Ann and her mother (Deborah Harry) is on shaky ground, and though her husband Don (Scott Speedman) is rarely employed, they retain an optimistic spirit. That all comes literally crashing down one morning, when Ann collapses, is rushed to the hospital, and discovers that she only has a few months to live. Determined not to tell anyone, Ann keeps this secret to herself, and instead embarks on a solitary mission to do a list of things she has never done before, including sleep with another man. It turns out that her conquest, Lee (Mark Ruffalo), is a soulful romantic who falls deeply in love with her. As Ann gets to know Lee further, she finds herself falling for him as well. Meanwhile, the realisation that it is all going to end one day soon continues to haunt her. Inventively blending a sobering naturalistic tone with moments of visual whimsy, Coixet's affecting drama allows Polley to truly shine.
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