After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.
Where most contemporary directors would be looking for ways to demonstrate their superiority to the material -- dropping in campy asides or meaningless technical flourishes -- Schumacher is looking for ways to make it work.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Jul 2013
rotten:
Yes, it is good to see how much of a difference actors can make with flimsy material, but wouldn't it be nice if they had something with more than the emotional weight of a Twinkie to work on?
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jul 2013
rotten:
The onslaught-of-illness stuff is rendered not with emotion but with makeup and lighting. The actors are reduced to models in a film that tries to sell compassion by the shot.
– Michael Sragow,
New Yorker,
1 Jul 2013
rotten:
These people are like an adolescent's idea of adulthood. They're junior high schoolers without zits, emotionally arrested and unaware of it.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Jul 2013
rotten:
Will someone please, please, write a part for Julia Roberts and not be happy just to look at her?