RyothChatty ridiculous rating

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Eric Williams I have been in remission for almost two years yet I have other health issues that overlap my recovery and is forming a new sense of life and help me reflect how cancer has changed it. Chasing Life is simply attempting to help us understand that you can't understand fully what it's like to have cancer, and those who have cancer are able to relate in ways no show has demonstrated in an entertainment narrative.There are many simple non verbal queues this shows uses to tell its story, but unfortunately it pays more attention to "keeping secrets" to keep the anticipation going. The subplot of the father's secrets was brilliant, and helped the character understand the missing pieces in her life, but also why cancer was in her life.How we live our lives is sometimes misunderstood. Cancer helps you face your fears of the choices you've made and how you use of time. Time being your most valuable commodity, the show attempts to use a terminal character to make that impact.It's unfortunate, that with my personality, it's hard for me to understand things such as these until I have to face them myself in these dark cavernous chapters in my life. This show hit home in ways like no other show in any context. You feel foolish when you have cancer. You feel like your life has been lived in folly, because you miss the whole point. April Carver was heading down that road as success and achievement was more important than living and caring. That was her lesson and its ours as well.Italia played the "That Girl" archetype well. She used no acting devices to convey the character's misses and home runs. A lot of montage and music accompanied this which often became annoying but may have been necessary for emotional moments.For those who haven't had cancer, you need it to understand. It changes how you think and think of this show. I found this show assisting me in my anguish about my life's choices and even though the show ended after two seasons, and the ending was tethered, the character grew from the experience, and that is the purpose of cancer.You learn compassion, sensitivity, pain, discomfort, foolishness, humility, you feel death coming closer. Most importantly its to help us understand to treat others better.This was an ambitious project. The tone was all well in good. The side stories were unnecessary and better choices could have been made rather than socio-political ones. I loved the second family and father betrayal of trust. Life is complicated and those around us also make choices and sometimes they affect us. Life is tragic, no doubt.Life is what we live, chasing it is a concept we form in our minds. Cancer helps us understand what "chasing" really means. This show's concept could continue with other characters, and even pushed her to survive and change her life in a direction nobody would think possible. We want to believe and feel that life continues. Chasing Life can seem fleeting as a thought, because it is. We can't stop time so chasing it seems foolish. That is the tinge in the meaning of the title if you get it.The tone was this show's greatest strength and denying the idea of cancer from an entertainment platform could have been easy. People don't like the topic and with good reason but the show managed to keep it entertaining. Yes, secrets were used as a device and other devices could have made the show more thought out, but its strength was in the realization from how other characters changed her life.I still felt she was a foolish woman. Her biggest flaw was the over caring of The Self. It was displayed in how she married a terminal man even knowing that the operation could eventually kill him when she wanted a future. She turned away a perfectly good relationship because "he couldn't understand" like Leo could. That was the biggest mistake she made in rooting for her change. She never realized her miss in life because she remained concerned about The Self even till the last scene, where she noted she had done everything. That was a miss, but it was the end and that was okay.For my cancer is about confession. It's a part of your life where you stop your routine thought process and realize what you've been doing wrong and acknowledge it. April needed to acknowledge her lifeless ambitions were fraught in futility, and she needed to spend more time thinking of others. That action and decision would have arc'd the character more and helped all of us feel and understand that putting others first is our mission in life and we chase life each day to understand and feel that.Hope this helps.

terrsgc Having lost my father to cancer (not leukemia), I decided to avoid this show rather than dredge up painful memories. But, one Tuesday evening I was simply not ready to go to bed, and this was the only thing on TV that looked interesting. I watched episode 4 and found it wasn't so bad. So, I went back and watched the previous 3 episodes to catch up. I suppose if the show ever progresses to April's death, I'll have to stop watching, but it's okay at the current apparent stage of her illness.While April's surprise leukemia diagnosis is central to the story, there is also much else going on, including a new boyfriend who may or may not be a good guy, a budding journalism career where she must deal with a new back-stabbing boss, a political campaign she is covering that introduces her to the candidate's obnoxious (and cancer infected) son, a troubled teen sister, a mother who is dealing with returning to the dating scene, her mysteriously self-estranged uncle/doctor, the recent tragic loss of her father, and a surprise previously unknown sister. There are plenty of hooks to keep most viewers interested, the acting is quite good. Aisha Dee is absolutely adorable as best friend Beth, and Scott Michael Foster is particularly good as the obnoxious Leo.I'll have to take the other reviewers' word for how accurately leukemia itself is presented, as it's a type of cancer I've had no direct experience with. The presentation is believable enough to someone like me, who is unfamiliar to the disease, and this is a drama, and not a documentary. Still, I'd hope the writer would try to keep it at least somewhat realistic, and avoid encouraging someone not to take their condition seriously enough. While I don't think the show does that, it is a legitimate concern. I will also say that the show is a "drama" and not a "sitcom" as described elsewhere. And, however accurate or inaccurate the show's presentation of leukemia is, the show does NOT make light of the disease or its implications.FOR PARENTS: The show deals with a terminal disease, but it hasn't shown any disturbingly graphic representations of illness. Also, with regards to sex, the show presents casual hook-ups as the norm (typical for ABC Family). However, sex is not dwelled upon, and there have been no gratuitous overly-lurid scenes so far.Edit: Increased the stars. The show is improving with each episode.

mendameister My best-friends boyfriend has Leukemia, I hadn't known him when he was first diagnosed, but he's had it for at least 2-3 years now and he still works, has fun, maintains a social relationship, has a prescription for medical marijuana, he did drop out of College because of his health-care expenses, but otherwise, he has a pretty normal life. So the two other reviews of people saying "When you have Leukemia, this.. that.." are true, but they aren't the case 100% of the time. I've seen every episode of this show so far, and it's thoroughly entertaining, The girl does her best to live while she still has time, She highlights her motivations to fight cancer, the best part about it however, is the feeling it gives you after you're done watching it, it's one of those shows that motivates you, challenges you to do something with your life, seeing someone else struggle shouldn't be your motivation, however, it's a real eye-opener and it's definitely going to give you a positive, more optimistic mindset whenever you watch it.It's kind of too early though, I'm hoping the writers take it in a good direction with such a sensitive topic.Edit: I wrote this review when the show was still on Episode 2 or 3. Just got done watching S2 E8, It's got a 10/10. Thoroughly entertaining, very emotional (I must admit, it's had me in tears); Just amazing overall.

kinglandonthegreat My wife and I saw previews for this show often and felt it looked very interesting. We tuned in starting with episode 1 and after that we were hooked. This show hits all the right notes for us. As a drama it does it's job well. I find that this show has just enough of everything that makes a show great. A love connection? We'll see! Understanding chaos can strike when you least expect it, and yet finding that life has many great moments despite this. This show has it all and I am already feeling such a connection to April and a lot of the other characters. It didn't take long for my emotions to be pulled into this show. You will feel for April and struggle with her and go through this journey with her. It seems well written and has a great flow. And every week I look forward to continuing this amazing show. If you Haven't yet given this show a chance you should. Highly recommended. 10 out of 10