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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7

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  1. DebraO
    May 4, 2009
    8
    Well acted and directed. Good story line, a couple of surprises or turns could have brought it up a little and silenced the critics.
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  2. KC.
    Jul 5, 2008
    8
    A feel good movie where tragedy and illness in life are balanced with something that is good. It's predictable but it solicits emotions out of you like a good movie should.
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  3. JayH.
    Jun 11, 2008
    6
    Certainly not the cheeriest of films. Well acted by Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden, especially Bacon. But the film is too melodramatic and it is as depressing as hell. A little less sentiment and more substance and story would have been a plus.
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  4. RodM.
    Jun 28, 2008
    10
    Excellent movies. My experience has been that if the critics don't like it, then it is a great movie! I loved the movie, and thought the actors did a supurb job, especially Marcia!
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Metascore

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 15
  2. Negative: 3 out of 15
  1. 50
    Alison Eastwood, whose good looks and last name have served her well as a Hollywood actress, makes her directing debut with this mediocre cancer drama.
  2. Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    60
    Reserved, careful and largely predictable in the way it plays out its wrenching emotional crises.
  3. Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    50
    Alison Eastwood's debut feature is slow, deliberate, assured, and shot with a graceful feel for place--none of which is enough to overcome the creaky themes that tie this hackneyed domestic drama together with fearsome symmetry.