- Drama
- 104 min
- R
Rotten Tomatoes52%Metacritic56IMDb7.3
Life is measured in moments that leave you breathless.
When an accomplished pianist is diagnosed with the devastating and incurable disease ALS, she hires a directionless young woman who becomes her full-time caregiver. Complete opposites, the strangers form a life-changing bond inspiring each other to live life to fullest, while being brought together by the most challenging of circumstances.
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- Renoon TMDB · Aug 20157/10
> A tale of friendship that blossomed at the final juncture. It was quite some time I have not seen any Hilary Swank's movie. In this her role was very good one. Beside her's, another equally extended character played by Emma Rossum. As these two play the roles that defines the movie, which is more like the American and women's version of the French movie 'Intouchable'. I never heard of this film before, but got interested once I learnt about the storyline and of course the cast. I usually become a prey for tearjerker movies, but not for the intense emotional drama like this one and so it is won't expect you fall for it either. Based on the book of the same name which was probably a fictional work inspired by the real disease. It talks about a 36 year old ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) patient, Kate and her caregiver, Bec, especially their unlikely relationship and activities together in the final days. They two are exactly opposite, it's not the fate, but day by day growing their deep bond bring them very close when they share everything in life. A very good concept, but nothing new in the movie. Everything is already exhibited in other films. The only advantage is if you hav
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Cast
- Hilary SwankKate
- Emmy RossumBec
- Josh DuhamelEvan
- Stephanie BeatrizJill
- Julian McMahonLiam
- Ali LarterKeely
- Loretta DevineMarilyn
- Andrea SavageAlyssa
- Jason RitterWil
- Gerald DowneyBill
Crew
- George C. WolfeDirector
- Shana FesteScreenplay
- Jordan RobertsScreenplay
- Steven FierbergDirector of Photography
- Jeffrey WolfEditor
- Molly SmithProducer
- Hilary SwankProducer
- Denise Di NoviProducer
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