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(2002)

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4/10
The film went along nicely and kept my interest...and then just stopped dead in its tracks.
planktonrules12 July 2008
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A woman is about to turn 57 and she has planned on spending this time at a lovely and peaceful British resort. In fact, she's apparently planned it for years. Now here's the odd part, according to her narration, everyone must die on their 57th birthday because of a family curse. Instead of avoiding it, she embraces it and plans to make her final day on Earth absolutely perfect.

This is a lovely film in many ways. The acting, music and direction all really caught my attention. The problem is that although everyone seemed very talented and it was interesting, the film just ended--and really saying nothing and leaving me feeling very unfulfilled. With a better ending (not necessarily a happy one, mind you), this film would have scored much, much higher.
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9/10
Lovely little gem
mmgsea-23 December 2012
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This is a beautifully done film of a woman who is ready to face her fate -- one that has befallen all her family members in the past. She is not trying to avoid it but is embracing her demise with calmness and acceptance.

But fate has other things in store. After a bit of confusion, and perhaps disappointment, that all her preparations were for naught, she decides to carry on. But without the past dragging her down. That's her suitcase full of not much more than pictures of all her dead ancestors that she leaves by the side of the road. Now it's off to a future she never expected and a life that most of the rest of us have -- living each day without knowing when we will die.
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