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My Life Without Me

Drama. Romance Ann (Polley) is a hard working 23-year-old mother with two young daughters, a husband (Speedman) who spends more time unemployed than working, a mother (Harry) with a history of broken dreams and a father who has spent the last ten years in jail. She spends her nights working as a janitor in a university and lives with her family in a tiny trailer in her mother's backyard. After collapsing one day, Ann goes in for a medical check-up and ... [+]
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United KingdomUnited Kingdom
BBC
BBC
"Coixet's dignified, heartfelt little indie drama proves that dying young doesn't always come with the schmaltz of a Julia Roberts movie. Outstanding."  POS
CanadaCanada
Toronto Star
Toronto Star
"Against all odds, My Life Without Me succeeds in spite of itself." POS
United StatesUnited States
The New York Observer
The New York Observer
"What saves My Life Without Me from the status of a five-Kleenex weepie is the maturity of vision that permeates the writing and direction and shines through each performance." POS
United StatesUnited States
Newsday
Newsday
"Intelligent and affecting as the film is, it buckles under the weight of overexplicitness, a tendency to say more than it needs to." NEU
United StatesUnited States
The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
"Affirms life in surprising and gratifying ways that shed light on who its characters are and how they come to value life through a death." POS
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