I'd say I liked this film, but it was a bit surreal to me. Good acting, even though the characters are designed to fit too perfectly into the story in an artificial way. That makes it cheesy, then it turns positive, then sad, then cheesy again, and sad again and positive/cheesy again with new melodramatic turns. Imaginary heroes appear now and then, but the real topic is too serious to play too much with it.
shareI agree. It was a nice movie. But it tried way too hard to manipulate emotions.
I found it to be way over the top whenever the doctor started singing. Actually his character in general just didn't work for me.
I agree, it was all way too much. And not just on the emotional front.
I mean, let's mix an adulturous husband, an aspiring soccer player, a bisexual gynaecologist, a gay soccer scout, a CGI beating heart, a horrible traffic accident, a pregnancy during stage IV cancer, a Russian orphan first walking through the snow and then trowing crabs in the sea (yeah, I got the 'cancer' reference), a nipple in a gift box, a CGI closeup of a baby being removed by a pair of hands during a caesarean section procedure, a foursome in a sex club, melodramatic singing, a triangle love affair, or maybe it was more of a quarter, or maybe a quintet if you think about it.... come on, stop it already!
I had the impression this was trying to be a loving portrait of life, with sickness but also love and hope, and not a mad carnival ride through all corners of the galaxy.
Given the subject and what the film was trying to be, this film could have used a little more simplicity, restraint and "less is more", and it should have been about 30 minutes shorter if you ask me. What a cringeworthy, surreal experience this was...
Take two elements, or three maximum, out of the above list , and you could have had enough ingredients to make a decent film, given a sensible writer and a director who are not high on drugs, of course.
-- Greetings, RagingR2
She is a fantastic actress, very underated. Can also sing and dance just watch Nine.
For me up there with the Best in the Business