TheMediumC In genre it also says "comedy"... well don't fall for that. It is very very dramatic. Like drama-wise; it's much more 'philadelphia' than 'the bucket list' and it should have been more like the second one. It's dark and the jokes or the dancing in the end doesn't make it any more bearable. Kate Hudson and Gael Garcia Bernal are not so bad but the thing is even though Hudson's character is dying, you wait for her to start making a list like how to loose a guy when you're dying because how is her acting here any different than that movie? Bernal is different however romance genre is not a very good fit to him yet, for me his acting is too stable. I don't say the movie is bad, but it doesn't match to its poster, its colors, its actors... in the end: when this movie ends you feel you have been cheated. Because a movie is a whole with all its elements together (music, cinematography, casting, writing, etc.) and with the first look, you feel like you are going to eat a salad, and when you finished; nope! you just ate whole big mac with extra cheese.. that's just not you ordered! And believe me, once you ate it, you don't feel any good.

Morad Elshehabi I wanted to watch a nice comedy movie so I picked this from my watch list. Kate Hudson, comedy.. sounds nice, I expected something cute, I didn't read the plot before watching. So it turned out to be a cancer movie.. OK,, that works for me two. But somehow, it was hanging in the middle, it's not comedy, not funny and not dramatic nor touching. Acting is bad. but you don't expect Oscar performance in a light comedy, right! .. anyhow.. most of the story looks like unnecessary load of details.. troubles with the father, troubles with the mother, troubles with the friends, love the doctor, have cancer! .. it's like collecting any problem that can come in someone's life and adding it randomly. The usual "I have cancer so I'm mean to everyone" with Kate Hudson's acting is just not catchy! .. when she tries to do heavy dramatic moments she ends up looking very unnatural and unreal. Fantasy! dreaming once and having three wishes blah blah blah .. not really fantasy but not really realistic.. Not the best massage for cancer patients. I recommend you NOT to watch the movie. If you like good quality movies or even a cute flick for fun, this is neither.

Veronica Bullard "I am a "young" white female. My father hasn't been the best father. My mom is a complete and total basket case so I have the right to insult them and behave like a 14 year old boy because I am dying. This message is o.k. because I am a "young" white female."I wasn't allowed to shout in my summary but that summary was supposed to be all caps with an exclamation mark at the end. I don't review many movies but this one is so bad that I just have to say something in defense of women and children whose parents aren't "perfect", by the way, who IS perfect?This character should REALLY get over herself. She is insensitive, mean spirited and stupid. She lacks any valid emotions. Everything she says and does is completely narcissistic and I want my time back. Seriously.By the way, I am a female too. This is not a "chick flick" this is a butchering of the true spirit of femininity. Girls are soft, we want to be loved, we want to be treated well by the men in our lives and if we don't get those things that we want we are disappointed but at the end of the day we conduct ourselves as real women do: with dignity. We don't go around starting relationships that we know we can't finish and we don't create emotional wounds in others that will never be resolved (she is dying!). Why would she lower herself to treating her parents like crap when they are clearly not well equipped? This is beneath any human being. It is better for the mental health of the woman and for the cohesiveness of the family to be graceful and do your best to help your idiot parents. Instead of condescending upon her mom and dad she should have done a better job of having some positive quality time spent with them before death. She is dying! Doesn't she want to leave things on a positive note? Doesn't she want her parents to think that they aren't so bad? It isn't like they can have any MORE spoiled, entitled children to screw up. There are tactful ways of going about conveying to your parents that they suck and this character has absolutely no empathy toward the parents and for that and many other reasons I hate this movie. This movie teaches us nothing and is a complete waste of time, film and money. My recommendation: Do not watch this piece of garbage.

sklord1489 Cried my eyes out in both laughter and sorrow (in the best way possible). Kate Hudsons portrayal of a lively women who finds out she has terminal cancer, made the painful reality of cancer easier to understand and accept. The decision to have Marley not loose her hair didn't make this story less believable because the makeup and hair did justice to the image of suffering and illness. I felt and loved every moment of Kates performance and I loved every minute of this movie. I recommend it to everyone, not only because it teaches us to live our lives as if the world was ending tomorrow, but also because no other film has had the balls to address the delicacy of someone passing on with so much detail all the way to the very end. Most films cut out the hardest part of losing a loved one in the last minute, where as the writer tackled it with dignity and truth. I hope to see Kate Hudson in more films that demonstrate her bravery and talent with dramatic stories.