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Movie Reviews of Wit
Movie Review: Excellent subject matter dealt with artfully
Summary: 5 Stars
I have seen this move several times and I own a copy for loaning out. This movie tackles some of the most treacherous topics and handles them beautifully. Emma Thompson makes this movie the endearing film that is the penultimate product of great ensemble acting, great dialogue, and superb direction from Mike Nichols. This movie is a joy to watch. It is stifling to imagine that an unnamed imbecile saw fit to award the Texas Chainsaw Massacre II with a higher rating and had the mongoloid notion of it being "shallow". He, however, did credit the supporting actor Michael Woodward with his, one can only infer, more important role in the 5th season of the WB network's smash hit "Angel". Kudos for the heads up my man, we'll definitely tune in. His review prompted me to write my own.Movie Review: Powerful and moving
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a nursing student currently, and as a requirement for one of my classes I had to watch this movie. I wasn't terribly interested in it, and I though tit would be another boring film to watch in class, because lets face it, most of them are! But this movie perfectly illustrated what many patients in the hospital face daily. Every time I walk into a patient's room and ask them how they are feeling I think back to the scene where she talks about that. It gives you a sense of what someone faces after a battle with a serious disease, and to get that glimpse into something that I will hopefully never understand is a gift. Warning, because this movie is an unrelenting tearjerker towards the end! The majority of my class was crying.Movie Review: the Truth
Summary: 5 Stars
Wit. Awesome. There are no other words to describe it. A year ago this month my mother passed away from multiple cancers, starting with breast cancer. I cried constantly during Wit. the main character reminded me so much of my mother. her words, her passion for life, her loves and hates, all intwined with the evils of cancer. I award wit with five starse most definatly, and if i could, six, or seven. I know i am only 15, and i haven't "experienced the world" much. but i do know about cancer and its effects. I Do know about the emotions and perils of chemo-therapy. Wit has taken all of my emotions, and put them into a real-life situation. I hope that you enjoy. Wit.Movie Review: As Good as Acting Gets
Summary: 5 Stars
Emma Thompson surpasses her previous work in my view. There is an almost palpable sense that no "acting" is taking place: the character simply exists in a reality without art. Of course this is a way of defining transcendent art.The direction is superb as well.
What is deficient is the lack of special features on the DVD. This is inexcusable, especially the lack of any commentary from Ms. Thompson who co-wrote the screenplay along with Mike Nichols. Surely, interviews with one or both would not be prohibitively expensive. Shame on HBO.
See this film. It is not maudlin, as the subject matter might lead one to expect. It is simply true.
Movie Review: painful but completely true to life
Summary: 5 Stars
Not an easy movie to watch. Emma Thompson is incredible as a late stage cancer patient dealing with research-focused medical providers. On the surface this is not a very hopeful movie, the character is so wry and painfully accepting of a very tough situation. Definitely does not offer happy platitudes, but at the same time one's admiration for the character grows as things progress. This must be the truest-to-real-life portrayal of the cancer experience ever put on film, and is essential viewing for patients and their loved ones, if for no other reason than to stimulate discussion about the realities of living with an ultimately fatal disease.