Dying Young
She's given him something nobody else could. A reason to live.
She's given him something nobody else could. A reason to live.
Drama, Romance
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1991
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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.
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Runtime:
111 min
Release date:
20 Jun 1991
Country:
US
Languages:
French, English, Portuguese
Budget:
$18,000,000
Revenue:
$82,264,675
Awards:
3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
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?
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
1 Jul 2013