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Summary: a film about re-thinking our priorities....
Review: Keaton and Kidman shine in this story about love, life, death, parenting, and priorities. This is a movie that looks at life and what's really important, through the eyes of a man dying of cancer (Keaton), whose wife (Kidman) is pregnant with their first child.In the process of coming to grips with his terminal condition, Keaton also comes to grips with his repressed anger toward his parents, and his inability to open up to his supportive wife. He learns to let go of his anger and to face his fears head-on, strengthening the ties that bind and healing past wounds, in this touching story of one man's road to fulfillment in a life cut short by tragedy. A very well put together comedy-drama, Keaton's acting is superb, and the scene where he confronts his parents at his brother's wedding is so real that it reverberates with authenticity. I recommend this movie for making us stop and think about our priorities in this short life, and for showing that courage and heroism are not storybook qualities of swashbuckling superstars, they exist in the realm of real people, in everday life.
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Summary: Touches Deep into Your Heart...
Review: Michael Keaton (Bob Jones)and Nicole Kidman (Gail) played a couple in this touching movie who were coping with the fact that the husband was dying of cancer. At the same time, Gail was pregnant with his child. In order to let his kid know him and his family, Bob videotaped his way of way and interviewed paople who knew him. This movie is rather sad but it shows the unity of a family in times of tragedy. There are also moments of happiness when Bob's father finaaly kept his word about bringing a circus into the backyard of the house. Get your hankies ready if you gonna watch this show. No matter what, anyone will enjoy.
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Summary: A Cherished Life -- Bitter-Sweet Film About Dying Young
Review: Michael Keaton gives a stellar performance as a man who finds out that he will not live long enough to see his unborn son grow up. Determined to fight death, he nonetheless prepares for the worst. His wife (played by Nicloe Kidman), wanting to capture the life of her son's father, takes video films of Keaton to later share with the son. There are many touching moments in this fim. From the initial denial, to the desperate search for a "miracle cure", to the final resignation of a worn-out body, this film shows what people go through when they face the undeniable fact that they are dying and that they are leaving grieving lovedones behind. This film reminds me of my high school English teacher, who had struggled with diabetes for her entire adult life, and at the age of 50 was clinging to life after repeated kidney failure. She told me to "cherish your good health, because no money in the world can comfort you when you know you're going to die any day". A week later she passed away. This movie is a celebration of life and a reminder that no matter how insignificant we may think we are, when we die there are always people left behind who will miss us and wish we were still around.*****
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Summary: very sad...
Review: Michael Keaton was OUTSTANDING in this movie! I cried many, many times through this film. This movie is about a man who learns that he has cancer. He videos his family and some LIFE LESSONS for his unborn child. I thought that this was one of Keaton's best films. (. . . )Michael Keaton and the cast really show the emotions that one person may face when dealing with cancer...
(. . .)Thanks Michael and Nichole, for such a great movie....(. . .)
See this film! You will not regret it!
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Summary: One of Nicole's best
Review: Nicole Kidman has had a handful of great films, MY LIFE being one of them. Nicole plays the wife of Michael Keaton, a busy executive who learns that he has cancer. He is given only months to live and decides to video tape "advice" to his yet unborn child. Both Keaton and Kidman convincingly portray a couple dealing with the situation, and it is one of those films that will bring tears to your eye. I first saw it in 1993 and didn't think that much of it then (I can't remember why). Watching it 10 years later made me appreciate it more and notice the fine performances.
This is a movie worth buying. However, the DVD is disappointingly presented in pan/scan. Why the distributor did not take advantage of the original widescreen aspect ratio that the film is available in, is beyond me. I dislike pan/scan because much image is lost.
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Summary: My Take
Review: The air around me was humid and rather pasty, swirling about in thick clumps; and though somewhere in the background a fan buzzed to no end, it seemed fruitless...kind of like the movie I was watching...
This scenerio describes my thoughts and surroundings exactly two days ago, "how had this boring class I was taking to get AHEAD next year, sacrificing MY summer for...turned into this?"
The movie was "My Life." I give this movie 5 stars because it is beautiful. Not really a romance, not a tragedy...but the tale of humaity. I am entering High School this year with dreams of being an Opera Singer. My head is constantly enveloped in the clouds.....dreaming of my Met debut; yet somehow, in some inexplicable way, this MOVIE of all things, just a movie right?, snatched me, no wrenched me, from my dreams and apprehensions, and planted my feet firmly on the ground. YOu begin watching this movie with a rather light heart...even if you know the story...for it is funny. Yet, as things progress, the story becomes so unbelievably tragic...well... All I can say is tissues... BUT, this still does not explain why this movie had such a profound affect on me does it?? Well, I will proceed. THere is a line in the movie "Sometimes dying is the hard way to learn about life." I fell and landed on the rocks... Having the goal of being an Opera singer is not what most would call practical...no matter how hard I work now...which I do... I worry about finances, how will I live, have a family...or will I??? Maybe I should just be a scientist like Dad?! These are my typical, frustrated thoughts... Yet the night after seeing "My Life" I couldn't sleep...I tossed and turned replaying that "wretched" movie over and over in my head....and then I realized why...in fact the realization startled me so much I sat up...the "message" of 'My life' was, of all things, "Life is just to short to not do what you love" (now granted here the lines may differ...maybe you have already made a career...I just mean to live life to the fullest) or Carpe D...the like! So, perhaps this interests you, perhaps not...but this is my take on the movie... I reccomend it to those suffering with some sort of delimma (of ANY sort) for it really gives you perspective...you know...
"at least I have this or that".... Anyway...highly recommended...VERY distrubing and sad..but well worth it... The Cast Sparkles...
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Summary: Great movie
Review: The title is enough. This is a tear jerker of the nth degree. Great story, with more than enough emotion infused. One of Keaton's better performances.
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Summary: Get out the kleenex.
Review: The title is enough. This is a tear jerker of the nth degree. Great story, with more than enough emotion infused. One of Keaton's better performances.
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Summary: WOW !!!
Review: this a movie that is a MUST see !!!!! Definitely hits home .....especially for those who have experience death with cancer.......
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Summary: "Tears on a Child"
Review: This has been one of the best movies for the 1990 years. Micheal Keaton and Nicole Kidman make a great couple in this romantic/tear-jerker movie. I used "Tears on a Child" as my review title because this movie focuses on a child who is being born into a family whom one-of-which of the parents are dying! Its so sad how M.K. tries to show his love for his son as he tapes all the father things he should teach his child, sex, he struggles on. It has a little bit of humor along with the movie. This was a great and sad movie. WATCH IT!
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