Two Weeks R
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 39 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: December 16, 2014
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: MGM
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Sally Field, Ben Chaplin, Tom Cavanagh, Julianne Nicholson, Glenn Howerton & Clea DuVall | |
Performer: | James Murtaugh, Michael Hyatt & Jenny O'Hara | |
Directed by | Steve Stockman | |
Edited by | Debra Chiate | |
Screenwriting by | Steve Stockman | |
Composition by | Heitor Pereira | |
Produced by | John Marias & Steve Stockman | |
Director of Photography: | Stephen Kazmierski | |
Executive Production by | Paul Brian Anderson, David Gang & Curt Hahn |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/4 --
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.
Seattle Times
[Q]uite touching and stitched with black humor...
Box Office
Sally Fields is formidable as the dying mother. -- Grade: B-
Entertainment Weekly
You will have to like Sally Field, you will have to really like Sally Field, to sit through Two Weeks.
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Washington Post
Rating: 1/4 --
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.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Rating: 2/6 --
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?
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Time Out
Ms. Field's tough, accurate performance is all the more compelling for its understatement.
New York Times
Description by OLDIES.com:
Four grown siblings return home to their terminally ill mother for what they think are her final few days. When she hangs on, they find themselves stuck under the same roof for two difficult weeks. But as the children come to terms with their grief, they discover laughter in the midst of sorrow, love in the face of anger, and an opportunity to gain new perspectives on their own lives.
Product Description:
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 manages to make the audience alternately laugh and cry. Field stars as Anita Bergman, a mother whose impending death from cancer draws her family together. Julianne Nicholson (FLANNEL PAJAMAS) plays her only daughter, Emily, who meets her oldest brother Keith (Ben Chaplin, THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS) at the airport with a self-help book in hand. The responsible brother, Barry (Tom Cavanagh, ED), and the baby of the family, Matt (Glenn Howerton, IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA), soon arrive at their mother's bedside as well.
With its wonderful cast, smart dialogue, and a genuine approach to grief, TWO WEEKS is a quiet film that deserves more attention than it's likely to get. It's a film that should be seen. It's a shame that Chaplin hasn't had a number of visible roles since THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS; here he holds his own with both Cavanagh and Oscar-winner Fields. After four seasons of ED and multiple guest appearances on SCRUBS, Cavanagh has proven his comedic mettle, and it's rarely been so clear as in this film. An hour and a half spent watching a woman die a painful death hardly seems like a fun time, but sympathetic characters and a large dose of humor make it more than bearable for the audience.
With its wonderful cast, smart dialogue, and a genuine approach to grief, TWO WEEKS is a quiet film that deserves more attention than it's likely to get. It's a film that should be seen. It's a shame that Chaplin hasn't had a number of visible roles since THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS; here he holds his own with both Cavanagh and Oscar-winner Fields. After four seasons of ED and multiple guest appearances on SCRUBS, Cavanagh has proven his comedic mettle, and it's rarely been so clear as in this film. An hour and a half spent watching a woman die a painful death hardly seems like a fun time, but sympathetic characters and a large dose of humor make it more than bearable for the audience.
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- UPC: 883904304678
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