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My Life Without Me Reviews

2003

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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 .. Read more

Starring	Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman, Deborah Harry, Mark Ruffalo
Director	Isabel Coixet
Genres	Drama, Romance

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- 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.
- 33250
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  Manipulative and false
  
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  Ann(Sarah Polley) is a young mother living by modest means with her loving husband(Scott Speedman) and their two young daughters. Ann's happiness is ... read more »
  
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 24 Nov 2004 at 21:59
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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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  - Isle of Wight
  - 06 Mar 2011 at 10:05
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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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- - Emjay69
  - 320 reviews
  - Kidlington, Oxford
  - 09 Jan 2011 at 14:25
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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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- - myreviewis
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  - harpenden
  - 30 Jul 2010 at 13:18
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  refreshingly un-hollywood
  
  I liked this. I liked the themes that it explored. I liked that the characters were real, Good quality acting - Deborah Harry was really really good.
  
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  - london
  - 27 Apr 2010 at 21:28
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  weepy
  
  A weepy for the ladies, a film to watch on your own when kids and hubby at work. I thought this film was very sad, good acting.
  
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  - South Ockendon
  - 17 Oct 2009 at 19:57
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  moving
  
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  This is an excellent film. Sarah Polley's performance is so convincing it s as if she has actually gone through or experienced something earthshattering ... read more »
  
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  - Carlisle
  - 08 Oct 2009 at 09:51
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  Depressingly boring
  
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  A content trailer trash girl is told she is waiting to die... I switched it off 10 minutes later!
  
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- - greentweed
  - 3 reviews
  - London
  - 06 Aug 2009 at 19:49
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  Looking at death in a different way...
  
  This movie was endearing and funny at times despite the emotional subject matter. It was filmed in a different way from other movies I've watched, in a ... read more »
  
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  - Milton Keynes
  - 18 Jul 2009 at 12:47
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  strange but brought tears to my eyes
  
  wow what a really good film makes u think about life many of times it brought tears to my eye i totally enjoyed this film but its one to watch on your own
  
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  - england
  - 03 Apr 2009 at 19:27
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  Speaking for the defence...
  
  I felt compelled to write a counter argument for the reviewers who describe this film as 'emotionally dishonest...downright offensive' and claim that it... read more »
  
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  - 06 Mar 2009 at 01:39
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  Manipulative and false
  
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  Ann(Sarah Polley) is a young mother living by modest means with her loving husband(Scott Speedman) and their two young daughters. Ann's happiness is ... read more »
  
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 24 Nov 2004 at 21:59
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  I know it's over
  
  The moment I saw Pedro Almodovar's production company, El Deseo, attached to this film I knew that it would have the stamp of quality. Add to this a superb... read more »
  
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- - JedediahLeland
  - Berkshire
  - 25 Jun 2004 at 13:16
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  I loved this film!
  
  I loved this film. Sarah's performance was superb as always. It's one of these films that stays with you for a couple days after you watch it. I cried ... read more »
  
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  - Dundee, Scotland
  - 10 Jun 2004 at 03:21
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  Na?ve and superficial
  
  Watching this film made me feel very disappointed. I expected a bit more than it offered. Maybe being a bit more true to life?
  
  I have lost two close ... read more »
  
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- - Denisa
  - Bradford, West Yorkshire
  - 19 Feb 2005 at 21:42
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  Wasted Opportunity
  
  It does what it says on the box! Read the synopsis and you have seen the film. I wanted to enjoy? this film but, it really didn't do it. A pity but, a ... read more »
  
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- - philip reardon
  - St Albans
  - 19 Mar 2005 at 20:07
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  Was expecting to like ...
  
  Was expecting to like this as I thought I may connect with it, but actually it was utter pants!! Boring, melencholy no likeable characters. Bit like the ... read more »
  
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  - THORNTON
  - 24 Jun 2004 at 18:33
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  Simply a masterpiece
  
  If your hesitating, don't. This is a masterpeice of when European cinema meets small town America. It is one of those great films about life and is as good ... read more »
  
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- - NeilGlassman
  - Golders Green
  - 26 Jan 2005 at 17:35
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  Making Provision for Those You Care For
  
  This is a story that is filled with heart and good intentions. A story that really pulls on the heart strings and shows a woman who is planning for her family ... read more »
  
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  - 31 Aug 2005 at 11:53
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  An obviously tragic ...
  
  An obviously tragic story, however this film is so boring from the start. Me and my wife both fell asleep, one word sums up this 'movie'.........crap!
  
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- - Philip#85
  - CIRENCESTER
  - 11 Jun 2004 at 19:26
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  This film is about a ...
  
  This film is about a young mother who discovers she has terminal cancer. Although it is a tearjerker it is a very sensitive and thoughtful film describing the ... read more »
  
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  - 27 Jul 2004 at 00:42

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Critics' reviews
- 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.
- 33250
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
- "...Warm, intelligent and exquisitely sad, this is the kind of film that makes you want to go home and hug the people you love..."
- 12264
- - Elle
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- Ann (Polley), a 23-year-old mother, lives in a trailer in Vancouver. She works nights as a janitor, while her slightly... read more on Time Out
- 46528
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16
- "...A powerful, dignified central performance... Genuinely affecting..."
- 12266
- - Uncut
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...Refreshing... Startling... You have to see it..."
- 12265
- - Film Review
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...A super movie..."
- 12263
- - Daily Mirror
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59

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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 ...