Conference bookie::movies

    Hello,
    
    	I saw "My Life" this past weekend in a "Sneak Preview" showing, and
    enjoyed it.  If the audience I saw it with, is a premonition of
    popularity of the film, it should be a hit - lots of laughter and lots
    of tears around me.  The basic plot revolves around a married couple
    (played by Nicole Kidman and Michael Keaton) expecting their first
    child, and the husband has been diagnosed with a serious form of
    Cancer.  He is filming a video of his life for his child in case he
    doesn't make it.  I don't want to give away any more, but the acting
    was quite good (both Michael and Nicole are high on my list of
    actors/actresses).
    
    Jean C

    
        I saw this movie over the weekend and I thought it was really good.
    What I thought was really amusing was seeing everybody in the theatre
    crying hysterically after the movie.
    
    							/Serge

    I saw this over the weekend, and I enjoyed it, too.  There were a
    couple of corny scenes towards the end, but overall it was good.  There
    were some very funny scenes, and the acting was good especially Nicole
    Kidman.  I was quite impressed by her performance.  I thought that
    every facial expression was totally realistic, as well as the way she
    said every line.  
    
    The storyline was sort've depressing, but the movie itself was
    interesting, funny and fast paced.  I'd give it *** out of *****.
    
    Lorna
    

    This particular storyline has been done several times. The best
    treatment (IMHO) was a made-for-tv movie called Message For My Daughter
    (circa 1970) with Bonnie Bedelia and Martin Sheen.
    My Life is done well, but it is after all just a rehash of an old idea.
    
    						Jim

    The only one worth watching in this movie was   Keaton.   I was sooo
    dissappointed in Nichole Kidmans performance it almost wrecked the
    movie for me...she was too artificial with her lines  whereas Keaton
    was his terrific manic self.  Everyone in the theatre was  crying
    and blowing their noses so loud, I was laffing and crying at the same
    time.  It was emotionally exhausting.

    Well, it wasn't as emotionally wrenching as I had suspected it would be
    for me, and not a bad movie, over all.  Not *quite* as good as it could
    have been (it lasped into melodrama a bit), and Kidman was
    unconvincing.  Keaton did a very nice job, however.
    
    I'd recommend it.  **.75 out of ****
    
    

    re .5, .6, I disagree with both of you about Nicole Kidman.  I thought
    she did a very good job, and, in fact, I thought she was very
    convincing in the way she said all of her lines.  Michael Keaton did a
    an excellent job, too, but in some ways I was even more impressed with
    Nicole Kidman.  I certainly found her likeable and appealing in the her
    role.
    
    Isn't it amazing how different people can have such different opinions
    of the same performance?
    
    Lorna
    

    So...  Did he make it?
    
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    Hi Lorna,
    
    Its true about looking at a movie and having different views of what
    went on...but  even the reviews I read afterward  reflected what I
    thought about Nicole's performance.
    
    I thought she was "superb" in Far and Away  and pretty good in
    Malice  but  in My Life  there was  something** missing in the
    performance and many reviews  said the same... but I thought
    Keaton was wonderful and carried the movie.
    
    ALL the reviewers can't be wrong...I usually ignore them anyhow
    BUT sometimes they're right.
      
    At least we enjoyed it for the $$$  we paid to see it!
    
    M*

    re .9, why can't all the reviewers be wrong?  Is it some kind of a
    rule?  :-)  
    
    I think it's just a matter of opinion, and I still think Kidman did a
    good job with her role.
    
    Lorna
    

	I just caught this one tonight and am wondering if Nicole
	was really prego when this movie was filmed??  The scene
	with the ultrasound, and the latter scene with the birth
	both looked so real!