Beystiman
It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Usamah Harvey
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Kinley
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
SnoopyStyle
Keith Bergman (Ben Chaplin) comes home from L.A. to North Carolina for his dying mother (Sally Field)'s last days. His sister Emily (Julianne Nicholson) is reading everything to prepare for her death. His brother Barry (Tom Cavanagh) is a businessman missing his trip. The youngest brother Matthew (Glenn Howerton) shows up with his uncaring wife Katrina (Clea DuVall). They end up staying for two weeks as the family tries to get along.Written and directed by newcomer Steve Stockman, the lack of visual style and cinematic touches are very evident. I don't know how he got such a great cast but they give him a fight chance. The script has some fun scenes and touching insights into dying. However the directing is very flat and it holds the movie back. The cast makes a good attempt but it's not quite there.
Bella
A realistic movie representing a normal family and its own relationship issues. A wake-up call for many who might take a lesson home and work on their own healing. Humor was carefully and so unexpectedly introduced into the movie, it was funny to see a different perspective than the obvious environment was requesting. Sad but well delivered by all actors, especially the children. My favorite scene was at the airport when the little daughter shouted in public a bad parental lesson that should not have been told, let alone taught the wrong way; however, this is a great reminder of how kids learn absorbing everything we tell them or they hear just like sponges. Well balanced to keep the viewer interested until the end of the movie and the transitions were not abrupt as expected.
elvisroi
As usual I loved this movie-I have always been a fan of Sally Field-I think she does an excellent job of convincing the audience of the sincerity of her character. I want that pink couch (love seat) that was in the movie. Pink is my favorite color (I have dusty rose carpet throughout my house) and that pink couch would finish the look. Please let me know where I can get that couch! Thank you. Sally is wonderful in this movie and of course made me cry-I can't imagine how hard it would be to be dying and hoping that the children don't argue about anything. Sally made me also laugh with her comments about her "favorite" child.
jdoherty-5
I have seen several movies and TV shows with Julianne Nicholson playing various roles, such as Tully, Law and Order, Ally McBeal, The Love Letter, Little Black Book etc. She has been excellent in all of those roles. She is a great young actress who brings an exceptionally down to earth and believable presence to the characters she has played. She is pretty, but not "beautiful", which is refreshing, seeing that most of the "beautiful" actresses do not look like real people. Mostly, she is natural; sort of like a female version of the younger Robert DiNiro. Why has she not been offered any of the major/lead roles that some of her less talented female colleagues, too often, have received?
