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I agree with you. I just watched this movie and thought that Ann was definately not a good person. It's sad that people here are all enthralled with her 'love life'. And also the fact that she'd rather be running around with Lee than spending time with her own children appalled me.

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Oh yeah shes a monster!!!!!! You people are heartless, she was dying, she was only 23 and had been with the same and only man since she was 17, she only wanted to know what it would be like to make love to another man, i mean my god what a MONSTER!!!!!!!!! I thought she was a GREATTTTTTT human being. She was loving, kind, selfless, had a great heart, loved her children more than anything, was an INCREDIBLE and very loving mother. I mean the fact that she actually left birthday messages for each daughter for every year till they were 18 just proves how much she loved them. That part was so sad i couldnt stop crying. She even said that she hoped they would understand why she didnt tell them, and i do understand, she said it was b/c she didnt want them to have to go through going to the doctors all the time with her, and having to constantly worry about her and be sad for her and watch her die and that they could just live the 2 months with her happily and remember her for that and not someone who was sick or always in the hospital. I thought that was very selfless and loving of her to do that for them. She was imo a very very good person. I dont know how you can say she was a horrible person, maybe you are the horrible person. I liked everything about her, and i understood why she wanted to have another relationship too, and it wasnt just some guy, she fell in love with him and he was a great guy and neither her husband or her kids ever knew about it. Anyway i loved her character and i LOOOOOOOOOOVED this movie. It was such a sad movie.

"MOMMA ALWAYS SAID LIFE IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR GONNA GET"

I think it was pretty *beep* up that she had the affair with a man who was still broken hearted about his wife leaving him. That was the worst part, to drag a total stranger in, make him love you, and then smash his already broken heart by telling him you're married and dying?

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Dgave, you sound a little bitter, I want to point out that it is just a movie. I really enjoyed this movie, even though I don’t have a husband or children yet, I could relate to Ann and I understood what she was doing. I understood her reasoning for not telling her family, her children were so young that she didn’t want their last memory of her to be her dying in a hospital. She only had 2 months to live and there were things she wanted to do before she died, she told the doctor she had to do these things, that I really understood. If her family did know she would have been in and out of the hospital those two months, she would have never had the opportunity to do any of that stuff. I don’t think she would have had the affair if she was not sick, she loved her husband, that was very obvious. Dgave, you said, “The tape she leaves for her new boyfriend is far more loving than the short kiss-off she leaves for her own husband,” that I disagree with, I thought there were several scene’s where she was leaving Don messages, he loved for her sing to him and she left that on a tape, that was heart wrenching, because all I could imagine was the scene where he was holding her while she sang.

In my opinion she was far from horrible, she loved her family, accepted her fate and faced it. She didn’t just sit there, she lived as much as she could in the very short period of time, she had left.




Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

Totally agree with you dgave. The fact that she choose to be this despicable person at the end of her life only proves the rest of her life was a joke. Betraying someone that loves her in the way she did, well she deserves more than contempt! The people here saying "oh, what did she do??" only seems to indicate that they lack any kind of morals themselves and are so blinded by their own selfishness that it is no wonder society is the way it is today! This need to "try things" without respect to how it will hurt others or themselves seems to be so commonplace that people dont know the definition of what common decency is anymore, to the point that there is no "common" or decency left (well almost).

No doubt, someone will think I'm some kind of religious fanatic since I have stated these things and stand on this "high" moral ground from which I cast judgement. Well they are entitled to think what they like, but in my books I have have SOME morals. I'm not religious or affiliated with any religious organisation, its just the way I think.

Post Edit - I didnt get to my real point, which is what counts...your principals. If you live by a certain principals (e.g. for those that seem to lack certain understanding - to treat the people you supposedly love with respect. Which in this instance means NOT sleeping around!) then you should die by them, otherwise you never had any! This movie seems to imply she wouldnt have slept around had she lived to a ripe old age. But just because she was dying "before her time" she deserves to be able to do as she likes! We all die, some earlier than others. Thats life. Living by the "good" principals in life is all that counts. Yes on the surface she was a "good" mother, but not a good wife. But she hardly set a good example for her children!

I disagree with you. U can't judge sumthin trough it should be black or white, or it is wrong and that is not right from an ideal point of view. I think this movie, explain a different perspective someone's might have in handlin the reality they're not ready with. She's not horrible..not at all, infact she's describe a human..with all their weakness and strenghth..can't be and never will be, perfect..despite the agree or disagree of what others might think.

dgave ..ur comments were way too serious man! lighten up a bit..enjoy life yo..!