Last week I saw the Weird Al movie and I want to compare this to that. No, I'm not saying this is Oscar-worthy or hilarious. I'm saying it seems about as realistic as the story of the parody master's life.
And that's fine. Al's real life might not have been that much fun, and I wouldn't have wanted to see a cancer patient's suffering realistically. And so what if a doctor and a patient have a relationship that shouldn't be ethical? Very little of this movie seems like it is really showing someone dying, but if you are willing to accept that it likely will happen, unless there is a miracle, why not just pretend? Actually, my aunt had radiation and chemo for breast cancer and didn't have all that much difficulty or lose her hair.
Kate Hudson does a great job and nearly always has a positive attitude and a smile, despite everything. She's often funny and just plain silly. That's what I really want to see. Sure, I want the miracle cure, but even if it doesn't happen, she doesn't have to be sad all the time and make us sad. And regardless of how bad things get, she is always pretty. Again, things don't actually get bad most of the time. With no obvious symptoms or problems most of the time, we just have to take the doctors' word for it.
And there are plenty of big names who have been honored with awards. Also some very good actors I never heard of.
Peter Dinklage gives his usual fine performance, this time in a comedy role. I suppose he was a prostitute. But he showed a level of intelligence that made him better than that.
Kathy Bates played a different kind of role and did it very well. She lacks confidence and isn't very likable BUT SHE'S TRYING.
I've seen Treat Williams a lot. He's the typical distant father who tries to throw money at the problem and doesn't want to actually do anything.
Whoopi Goldberg does a good job as God, and pretty much what one would expect from her.
Alan Dale has relatively few lines but does a good job. As the oncologist, he shows the professionalism and confidence that made him the one who could solve nearly any problem on the reboot of "Dynasty".
Now for people I'm not familiar with. Lucy Punch is quite pretty and bubbly. Never heard of her, but she reminds me of Molly Ringwald. She and Hudson are so good together.
Romany Malco is good as the gay neighbor. I didn't pick up on this at first and didn't recognize him later in the department store scene. Straight women and gay men (I am neither) will also like his first appearance with almost nothing on and all those muscles.
I don't know which one of the Bass sisters, but it was so cute when the little girl is given a compliment, and instead of "Thank you" says "And I'm smart."
I didn't care for most of the music. I also didn't know this was New Orleans until the end. Why could we not have heard more of that kind of jazz? My guess is the music was what Kate Hudson likes, or what fans of this movie would like. But I like real music. And New Orleans jazz is real music.
There is a happy ending but I won't explain what that means.
Family friendly? A lot of words got bleeped (the sound went out) but somehow I got the impression whoever did that was being overly cautious. And sometimes the silence and the blurry mouth lasted a long time. In the version I saw, no body parts are seen but just enough is showing and it is implied a man and a woman did you know what. I won't say who they were.
I suppose this was worth seeing. If you just want cute, that's enough.
And that's fine. Al's real life might not have been that much fun, and I wouldn't have wanted to see a cancer patient's suffering realistically. And so what if a doctor and a patient have a relationship that shouldn't be ethical? Very little of this movie seems like it is really showing someone dying, but if you are willing to accept that it likely will happen, unless there is a miracle, why not just pretend? Actually, my aunt had radiation and chemo for breast cancer and didn't have all that much difficulty or lose her hair.
Kate Hudson does a great job and nearly always has a positive attitude and a smile, despite everything. She's often funny and just plain silly. That's what I really want to see. Sure, I want the miracle cure, but even if it doesn't happen, she doesn't have to be sad all the time and make us sad. And regardless of how bad things get, she is always pretty. Again, things don't actually get bad most of the time. With no obvious symptoms or problems most of the time, we just have to take the doctors' word for it.
And there are plenty of big names who have been honored with awards. Also some very good actors I never heard of.
Peter Dinklage gives his usual fine performance, this time in a comedy role. I suppose he was a prostitute. But he showed a level of intelligence that made him better than that.
Kathy Bates played a different kind of role and did it very well. She lacks confidence and isn't very likable BUT SHE'S TRYING.
I've seen Treat Williams a lot. He's the typical distant father who tries to throw money at the problem and doesn't want to actually do anything.
Whoopi Goldberg does a good job as God, and pretty much what one would expect from her.
Alan Dale has relatively few lines but does a good job. As the oncologist, he shows the professionalism and confidence that made him the one who could solve nearly any problem on the reboot of "Dynasty".
Now for people I'm not familiar with. Lucy Punch is quite pretty and bubbly. Never heard of her, but she reminds me of Molly Ringwald. She and Hudson are so good together.
Romany Malco is good as the gay neighbor. I didn't pick up on this at first and didn't recognize him later in the department store scene. Straight women and gay men (I am neither) will also like his first appearance with almost nothing on and all those muscles.
I don't know which one of the Bass sisters, but it was so cute when the little girl is given a compliment, and instead of "Thank you" says "And I'm smart."
I didn't care for most of the music. I also didn't know this was New Orleans until the end. Why could we not have heard more of that kind of jazz? My guess is the music was what Kate Hudson likes, or what fans of this movie would like. But I like real music. And New Orleans jazz is real music.
There is a happy ending but I won't explain what that means.
Family friendly? A lot of words got bleeped (the sound went out) but somehow I got the impression whoever did that was being overly cautious. And sometimes the silence and the blurry mouth lasted a long time. In the version I saw, no body parts are seen but just enough is showing and it is implied a man and a woman did you know what. I won't say who they were.
I suppose this was worth seeing. If you just want cute, that's enough.