Ann is 23-years-old, she has 2 young daughters, a husband who spends more time unemployed than working, a mother who hates the world, a father who has spent the last ten years in jail, and a job as a night janitor in a university that she could never attend in the daytime. They all live in a trailer, on the yard of her mother's .. Read more
| Starring | Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman, Deborah Harry, Mark Ruffalo |
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| Director | Isabel Coixet |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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Ann is 23-years-old, she has 2 young daughters, a husband who spends more time unemployed than working, a mother who hates the world, a father who has spent the last ten years in jail, and a job as a night janitor in a university that she could never attend in the daytime. They all live in a trailer, on the yard of her mother's house, in the outskirts of Vancouver. However, this gray existence changes completely when, after a medical check-up, a doctor tells Ann that she has very little time left on this earth. Learning that she has hardly two months to live, Ann decides to keep her condition a secret, and refuses to tell anybody--not even her husband--about her time remaining. She does not want people around her with long faces, and obsessed with her approaching death. Ann starts to make a list of things to do before dying, which she completes little by little. The list targets a wide range of things to which she must attend, including carrying out tasks like: saying exactly what she thinks to certain people; as well as getting herself some fake fingernails. Unexpectedly, Ann discovers an appetite for life that drives her to live her last days with a sensual and furious intensity she had not known before. During this short time, she prepares her daughters for a life without her; she meets a solitary wounded man, whom she seduces; and most importantly, Ann faces what remains of her life with a certain steadfast courage she never knew she possessed.
| Starring | Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman, Deborah Harry, Mark Ruffalo, Leonor Watling, Amanda Plummer, Julian Richings, Maria De Medeiros |
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| Director | Isabel Coixet |
| Studio | METRODOME |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2003 To Rent: DVD: 10 Apr 2004 |
Relentlessly feelgood weepie, in which our heroine, suffering from one of those terminal illnesses that leaves you radiant until the end, puts the world to rights.
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Manipulative and false
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Dodgy storyline...
...not sure that very much of this is any reflection on reality. Includes some scientifically impossible lines (the bit about siamese twins...did you spot it?) ... read more »
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My Life Without Me
I've seen better but this one is quite moving. It did not create a tear or even wet eyes but the acting is quite good. The story line could have been better... read more »
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The best film ever
Maybe not ever as i have other favourties but this film is definitely the best. Really depressing but it is so good and true. It brings things into perspective ... read more »
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