The problem with sentiment
Added 3/9/2010
Sentiment--to borrow the form of a popular definition--you know it when you feel it.
There is both the cornball and the genuine here. You will have lumps in your throat throughout this movie. What causes these lumps--whether it is the corn or the sentiment--will determine how much you care for this movie. And I cared (except when I didn't) and I was moved (except when I wasn't). There is an excellent chance this movie will deeply affect you. (The creative team behind this movie was involved with "Ghost"). But it might just disappoint.
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Bob and Gail Jones are expecting their first child, but Bob has been diagnosed with kidney cancer which will possibly take his life before his child is born. Heartbroken at the prospect of not ever getting to know his child, he decides to make a video about himself and his life so that his child will know him. This movie is one which really makes us sit back and evaluate our lives and our relationships with those we love. Michael Keaton does a superb performance in this movie. This is a movie should be watched every now and again just to remind us that life is too short for arguments and should be cherished. A must see movie, a very hard hitting tear jerker.
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tear jerker
Added 12/23/2009
I've been looking for this DVD in the stores and couldn't find it. I like this story very much. It's sad and my teenagers made fun of me for bawling like a baby but it was a good release. I like the way this story incorporates use of untraditional treatments for diseases. I agree wholeheartedly that our attitude is everything and we can find happiness even in the face of death.
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Deserves more attention
Added 9/13/2009
A very moving film. I'm guessing that maybe it didn't get the attention it deserved because it was labeled too sentimental and mawkish-- but there's nothing wrong with "tear-jerker" elements that support a bigger point in the story. They do in My Life... and what point could possibly be bigger than "what makes life worth living?" (the focus of the film).
I agree with 97 percent of comments here on performance. The only thing that I would emphasize is that there are just superb performances by Michael Constantine, Rebecca Schull and Bradley Whitford as the disowned blood relatives. (Without giving up too much, I will say that Constantine's "better late than never" line put this reviewer down for the count!)
Wonderful film.
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amazing funny and touching film, I bought it so I could share with my children who are new parents.
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