Vote on this title
Click on a gene to vote or discover related titles.
-
Mood:
- TouchingContemplativeEmotionalGloomySentimentalSincereStylizedBittersweet
-
Plot:
- IntrospectionCouple RelationsInfidelityParents and ChildrenTerminal IllnessDishonestyHopesLife is a Bitch more...
-
Genres:
- DramaMelodrama
-
Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
-
Audience:
- Girls' Night
-
Praise:
- Award Winner
-
Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
Does this gene fit My Life Without Me?
Find it on:
| IMDb | |
| Rotten Tomatoes |
My Life Without Me, 2003
English
Spain, Canada
Profile of My Life Without Me
The mood of My Life Without Me is touching, bittersweet, and emotional. The plot centers around terminal illness, introspection, and infidelity. It is a drama movie. Stylistically, My Life Without Me is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. My Life Without Me happens in contemporary times. The movie is known for being an award winner. It is especially suggested for a girls' night.
Summary of My Life Without Me
Sarah Polley delivers a heartbreakingly subtle performance in Isabel Coixet's My Life Without Me. Polley is Ann, a young mother and wife who works as a university janitor and lives in a trailer in her mother's backyard. The relationship between Ann and her mother (Deborah Harry) is on shaky ground, and though her husband Don (Scott Speedman) is rarely employed, they retain an optimistic spirit. That all comes literally crashing down one morning, when Ann collapses, is rushed to the hospital, and discovers that she only has a few months to live. Determined not to tell anyone, Ann keeps this secret to herself, and instead embarks on a solitary mission to do a list of things she has never done before, including sleep with another man. It turns out that her conquest, Lee (Mark Ruffalo), is a soulful romantic who falls deeply in love with her. As Ann gets to know Lee further, she finds herself falling for him as well. Meanwhile, the realization that it is all going to end one day soon continues to haunt her. Inventively blending a sobering naturalistic tone with moments of visual whimsy, Coixet's affecting drama allows Polley to truly shine.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Spain, Canada |
| Release date: | 30 August 2003 |
| Runtime: | 106 min |
Cast and Crew
as Ann
as Lee
as Don
Photos
Clips
Critics Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
- |
- by: Edward Guthmann
Variety
- |
- by: David Stratton
Users Reviews
- 24.August.2008
- |
- by: alissa
- alissa rated this movie6/10Okay
- 22.August.2008
- |
- by: amit.alter
- amit.alter rated this movie
0/10
