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Wit (DVD, 2001)
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Emma Thompson puts in the performance of a lifetime. How this woman was overlooked for an Emmy is beyond me! Mike Nichols does a super job keeping the camera on Thompson. Just watch her in the scenes with the closeups. Every part of her face contributes to the performance . . . the wrinkles beneath the eyes, the corners of her mouth, and so on. Cancer is not pretty, and Thompson creates a memorable character who has lived her life through the intellect, but now must deal with her own demise with her emotions. The film is tough to watch, especially if the viewer has lost someone to cancer.
I enjoyed the movie. During my 102 Writing class in college, I had to write a paper on the "Holy Sonnet 10" by John Donne. The entire movie is not so much based on that sonnet, but rather utilizes it to help understand the main character's issues dealing with cancer and the experimental treatments. Through the entire movie, you will hear the sonnet repeated as there is a deeper meaning behind the movie. It was a powerful movie and helps health care providers understand that its just not patients coming in, but rather real people with emotions. I did a little research and found that many nursing students are required to watch this movie, I suppose to help them understand this concept. Again, this is a great movie in what the message portrays. If you know or knew anyone with cancer, this movie will help you understand their pain and challenges they have/had to face. You feel a definite connection between you and the main character, as she speaks to you at various points during the movie in a narrative form.Read full review
Probably best performance Emma will ever give. It's flawless. Trouble is that, in spite of its name, WIT, it is almost devoid of comic relief. It's like a training film for patients of ovarian cancer and the less-than-sensitive medical staff serving them. And for the patients, thought should be given to how brutally graphic it is, and whether they can handle it. I found it hard to watch, but felt that I now know some of the worst that I can expect. Emma wrote it, so she gave herself a script so believable that the acting would propel itself, and it did. It was a surprise to find Mike Nichols (who directed The Graduate) making such a totally serious film. Neither Emma or Mike won an Oscar because it was a "made for TV movie," but it did go home with half a dozen Emmys and was nominated for virtually everything it qualified for in 2001. Male or female, old or young, easily moved or very tough, you will be affected, so be prepared. This isn't a date movie, but strangely, it isn't a chick flick either.Read full review
Intense drama played with an appropriate level of "wit". Emma Thompson does an excellent job of portraying Dr. Vivian Bearing, a woman diagnosed with metastatic ovarian cancer and takes us through her treatments...educating us while at the same time, entertaining us. As the daughter of a cancer victim, I needed to see this. I am also rehearsing the part of Professor Ashford, and am honored in doing so. E.M. Ashford, as the patient's mentor and former professor, gives Vivian what she so badly needs in the end....kindness.
"Wit" is not a feel-good movie, but it displays the topic of one woman's struggle with cancer, without being morbid or maudlin. All performances were excellent. I would give it more stars if I could. Outstanding film.
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