My Life Without Me

Well this has been the best movie i saw lately, The story goes really well. Acting by everyone is great. And the flow with which the movie goes is great! Simply great movie! This movie is a must watch for all... Full review

I loved this film. It was well done and very thought-provoking. Sarah Polley performed fabulously, as always, and so did the other characters.... Full review

Ok, I understand that people really like how different this was to those other sappy death movies; and I can respect that. But, as with others, I am left confused by Ann's decisions. I have the most trouble given the way... Full review

This was a wonderful movie.It is about a sad subject,a young mother's life ending illness but it was done so well that it was very uplifting too.... Full review

In checking out Mark Ruffalo’s body of work, I stumbled across a little movie called My Life Without Me. The story revolves around the last days of a dying woman’s life - she’s dying without telling anyone or taking life prolonging... Full review

then watch this movie, warning- if your manic depressive like me then watch how many times you let yourself watch this movie. other than that- another idie film way better then anything on MGMs list... Full review

this is a chick flick at it's finest. If you liked watching the tv series, "My so called Life" , then you'll probably enjoy this movie. The dilalect is very similar to that. I can't possible imagine anyone liking this movie.... Full review

This is without a doubt, the saddest, but most beautiful movie I have ever seen. It really touched me. The acting is superb, the plot heartrending and thought provoking, and the cinematography outstanding. I spent 2 hours blubbering like a schoolgirl,... Full review

The plot of this beautiful film seems a trivial melodrama, but the way it was told by scriptwriter/director Isabel Coixet makes a great difference. What could have turned into a hollow movie only made to make you cry, became a deep,... Full review

I'd like to conclude that I thought this movie proved to be very beautiful in all perceptions of thought. I can not physically cry anymore but I must say this movie was very heartfelt & definitely brought tears to my heart.... Full review

It's how this potentially excellent story is told that reduces its value by its cheap-shot sentimentality and clumsy adaptation. The awkwardly inserted magic realism of a snatched supermarket song and dance number signals the desperation that haunts the film's creative ambitions. ... Full Review

The claustrophobic and artificial atmosphere of the setting is unfortunately matched by the equally artificial drama....."The Secret Life of Words," Isabel Coixet's follow-up to her acclaimed "My Life Without Me," proves as pretentious as its title.....The claustrophobic and artificial atmosphere of the setting is unfortunately matched by the equally artificial drama..... ... Full Review

Instead, she embarks on a gentle, tear-steeped journey of discovery: from seeing how it feels to have false nails to embarking on an affair with lonely Lee (Mark Ruffalo, excellent). When young mother Ann (Sarah Polley) is told she has terminal cancer, she decides to keep it from her so-dumb-hes-innocent husband (Scott Speedman) and two kids. ... Full Review

Such an atmosphere is part of Coixet's determination to see the best in all her characters. Written and directed in English by a Spaniard, Isabel Coixet, for Pedro Almodovar's production company, it has a script adapted from an American short story set in New Orleans. ... Full Review

But play your cards close to the vest, as the main character does in the fitfully poignant My Life Without Me , and you risk putting forward an almost alien sense of nobility to which no one can relate. But director Isabel Coixet, freely adapting a short story by Nanci Kincaid, has filled her movie with enough beautiful moments to keep you somewhat willing to keep those realities at bay. ... Full Review

Based on a novel by Nancy Kincaid, My Life Without Me is a bittersweet fable following the last weeks in the life of a young mother who discovers she has untreatable cancer. ... Full Article

The 15th Brisbane International Film Festival opens tonight with the latest film by director Robert Altman A PRAIRE HOME COMPANION. The 15th Brisbane International Film Festival opens tonight with the latest film by director Robert Altman A PRAIRE HOME COMPANION. ... Full Article

In Monday Movies on the Deep End, Julie Rigg reviews Spartan, the new political thriller from David Mamet and from Spain and Canada a film called My Life Without Me, starring Sarah Polley and Mark Ruffalo. ... Full Article

The biggest name in the credits of "My Life Without Me" is that of executive-producer Pedro Almodovar, but the film could hardly be further removed from the rollicking sexual world of that noted Spanish director. ... Full Article

Ann is 23-years-old with two young daughters, a husband who spends more time unemployed than working, a mother with a history of broken dreams, and a father who has spent the last ten years in jail. ... Full Article

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