In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodbye. Instead, they find themselves trapped — together — for two weeks.
There is much to like in this poignant movie about those who leave this life and those left behind, but Two Weeks never quite pulls everything off.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
2 Mar 2007
rotten:
The well-intentioned screenplay is all over the map, with many scenes too truncated to go anywhere dramatically or emotionally. Is a cancer movie that leaves you dry-eyed an oxymoron?
– Melissa Anderson,
Time Out New York,
3 Mar 2007
fresh:
The movie's warm advocacy of hospice, with all the dignity such end-of-life care provides, does real, influential good.
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar 2007
rotten:
You will have to like Sally Field, you will have to really like Sally Field, to sit through Two Weeks.
– John Maynard,
Washington Post,
15 Mar 2007
rotten:
Field looks appropriately wiped out. Although given how brittle, awkward, and completely uninteresting her younger co stars are, she could just be exasperated -- she's doing all the lifting.