Written by Michael Cunningham and Susan Minot, from her novel.
Vanessa Redgrave is dying; her daughters Toni Collette and Natasha Richardson are there as is nurse Eileen Atkins. But the old lady keeps flashing back to an eventful weekend - her friend Mamie Gummer's wedding, her drunkard brother Hugh Dancy and a dishy doctor friend, Patrick Wilson. Young Vanessa is Claire Danes. With Glenn Close and Meryl Streep (who is Gummer's mum).
It's one of those pretty, tragic heartwarmers with romantic setting (Newport, Rhode Island), no The Notebook however. It's a bit wet and has some rather twee elements, like the nurse appearing in Redgrave's dress at night, and Jan Kaczmarek's plinky music doesn't help. Redgrave is fantastic, however. Gyula Pados makes the most of the pretties.
Koltai is normally a cinematographer. This is one of three films he directed.
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| A bus. |
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| Two friends in bed. |
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