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About the movie
Year
2003
Runtime
1 h 46 min
Genres
Drama, Romance
Countries
Spain, Canada
Director
Writers
Plotline
A young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.
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Main cast
Sarah Polley
Ann
Amanda Plummer
Laurie
Scott Speedman
Don
Leonor Watling
Ann
Deborah Harry
Ann's Mother
Maria de Medeiros
The hairdresser
Mark Ruffalo
Lee
Julian Richings
Dr. Thompson
External critics' reviews
San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
One of the year's sweetest surprises. It sneaks up on you, disarming you with its modesty and tenderness, its remarkable lack of self-infatuation. more
Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf
The most life-affirming film about death to come along in ages. more
Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Coixet’s film begins with the quiet patter of rain on skin and holds that somehow sweetly sorrowful tone throughout. more
New York Post Megan Lehmann
This contemplative drama manages to dodge mawkish potholes to emerge as a strangely life-affirming work. more
Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
Polley's performance is pitch-perfect. more
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
There are a thousand ways you can imagine My Life Without Me going gruesomely wrong but, somehow, it doesn't. more
The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
Successfully surmounts nearly all the challenges of making a film about a young person dying. Which means the writer-director avoids pitfalls. It is not cloying or sentimental or falsely optimistic. It avoids bathos and exaggerated emotions. Instead, the film affirms life in surprising and gratifying ways. more
Film Threat David Grove
The film has a lot of humor and joy in it. more
L.A. Weekly Ella Taylor
My Life Without Me was produced by the studio of Pedro Almodóvar, and one sees the Spanish director's influence in the way Polley edges her Madonna with a touch of the reckless sensualist. more
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
A splendid cast, coupled with Isabel Coixet's deeply committed writing and direction, goes a long way to make this movie affecting to watch even it if doesn't hold up well to reflection once the lights go up. more
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Gone with the Wind 1939
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