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04/23/09
Two Weeks (2007)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:5
Rotten:21
Average Rating:4.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: In STEEL MAGNOLIAS, which, like this film, stars Sally Field, one of the characters says, "Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion." Like that tearjerker, TWO WEEKS is a bittersweet film that... [More]
Starring: Sally Field, Ben Chaplin, Clea DuVall, Thomas Cavanagh
Director: Steve Stockman
Reviews for Two Weeks
Sally Field gives a brave and convincing portrayal of a woman facing death. It's a heartbreaking performance and Field attacks the mental and physical pain facing Anita with veracity.
03/06/08
offers a little too much dysfunction and not enough humor for my tastes
09/24/07
TWO WEEKS offers some positive views on hospice care and tackles head-on a theme that few American features do, but it lacks the gravitas of something like the European drama THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU.
07/14/07
An awkward hybrid of earnest weepiness and bouncy lightheartedness.
04/03/07
Field looks appropriately wiped out. Although given how brittle, awkward, and completely uninteresting her younger co stars are, she could just be exasperated -- she's doing all the lifting.
03/16/07
You will have to like Sally Field, you will have to really like Sally Field, to sit through Two Weeks.
03/15/07
The movie's warm advocacy of hospice, with all the dignity such end-of-life care provides, does real, influential good.
03/07/07
A sentimental weepie about coping with death that tries to mix laughter and tears but induces only groans.
03/03/07
The well-intentioned screenplay is all over the map, with many scenes too truncated to go anywhere dramatically or emotionally. Is a cancer movie that leaves you dry-eyed an oxymoron?
03/03/07
Sally Field's flawless performance as a mother whose imminent death reunites her four grown children elevates a fairly formulaic melodrama... into something considerably more memorable.
03/02/07
There is much to like in this poignant movie about those who leave this life and those left behind, but Two Weeks never quite pulls everything off.
03/02/07
Attempts at black humor, although not unrealistic during such a trying time, fall flat. Far worse than not laughing at the jokes, you're unlikely to be moved to tears at sad moments.
03/02/07
Overall, TV veteran Stockman isn't terribly skillful at meshing comedy and drama.
03/02/07
In the deathbed drama Two Weeks, Sally Field creates an agonizing portrait of a middle-aged American everywoman in the final stages of ovarian cancer.
03/02/07
Top CriticIn his uneven drama Two Weeks, first-time feature director Steve Stockman bravely delves into the ugly realities of dying. Unfortunately, he has no idea where to go from there.
03/02/07
Although quite touching and stitched with black humor, little of what transpires feels like it’s happening to particular people at a particular time in a particular place.
03/02/07
... the understatement of the awkward family dynamics and complex feelings... has a quiet honesty and unsentimental dignity of its own.
03/01/07
For all the vomiting and the runny noses, Two Weeks feels a little too cozy to fully pass muster as art.
03/01/07
A smoothly directed story that shows without sentiment how life, for better or worse, goes on.
03/01/07
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