We saw this on DVD, and being former New Orleans residents enjoyed seeing some of the familiar sights there. The movie is moderately entertaining, not great. It is always nice to see Kate Hudson.
Kate Hudson is Marley Corbett working in advertising in New Orleans. She lives in a small apartment not too far from Jackson Square and rides her bike to work. She loves a good relationship and especially the sex that goes with it, but has no intention of committing to one person. When she starts to lose some weight and experience a few symptoms she gets examined and it is found she has colon cancer, and it has spread enough it may not be treatable.
In a stroke of good fortune for her, the handsome young doctor is Gael García Bernal as Julian Goldstein, a Jewish doctor from Mexico. As he treats her, they go out, "not on a date", but soon they both fall for each other. But what is the future of falling in love when time is so short? That concept is examined here.
Kathy Bates is always good and here she is Beverly Corbett, Marley's mom. Lucy Punch is good as her best friend Sarah Walker. As well as Rosemarie DeWitt as Renee Blair .
Whoopi Goldberg is an interesting character, as God. But to clarify, the movie is not depicting her as God, but when Marley is unconscious during her procedure and has an "encounter" with God, it is her own projection that makes him/her appear to be Whoopi. Marley is granted three wishes, one to fly, another for $1Million, and she is not sure about the other. Eventually it becomes to fall in love for real, and all her wishes come true.
Peter Dinklage has a very curious role, as Vinnie, apparently sent to Marley's place by a friend, as a kind of "entertainment." They end up playing cards. The parts for his stature are few, but Dinklage is really a fine, natural actor, it is always a pleasure to see him even in such a small role (no pun intended)!
Kate Hudson is Marley Corbett working in advertising in New Orleans. She lives in a small apartment not too far from Jackson Square and rides her bike to work. She loves a good relationship and especially the sex that goes with it, but has no intention of committing to one person. When she starts to lose some weight and experience a few symptoms she gets examined and it is found she has colon cancer, and it has spread enough it may not be treatable.
In a stroke of good fortune for her, the handsome young doctor is Gael García Bernal as Julian Goldstein, a Jewish doctor from Mexico. As he treats her, they go out, "not on a date", but soon they both fall for each other. But what is the future of falling in love when time is so short? That concept is examined here.
Kathy Bates is always good and here she is Beverly Corbett, Marley's mom. Lucy Punch is good as her best friend Sarah Walker. As well as Rosemarie DeWitt as Renee Blair .
Whoopi Goldberg is an interesting character, as God. But to clarify, the movie is not depicting her as God, but when Marley is unconscious during her procedure and has an "encounter" with God, it is her own projection that makes him/her appear to be Whoopi. Marley is granted three wishes, one to fly, another for $1Million, and she is not sure about the other. Eventually it becomes to fall in love for real, and all her wishes come true.
Peter Dinklage has a very curious role, as Vinnie, apparently sent to Marley's place by a friend, as a kind of "entertainment." They end up playing cards. The parts for his stature are few, but Dinklage is really a fine, natural actor, it is always a pleasure to see him even in such a small role (no pun intended)!