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Two Weeks
Reviewers: M. O'Keefe
Two Weeks is the second movie I've seen recently that deals with death and dying. Let's face it, we all die.
This movie attempted to convey how four siblings dealt with the death of their mother.
Having seen the movie, I am still trying to figure out how well they did. With such a weighty subject, a director would have to be unusally talented to do justice to it.
Two Weeks would be ideal for student discussions, from undergraduates to medical school students. The discussion could not only include the subject, but the characters and their depth or lack thereof and lead to ample comment.
As this family struggled to come to grips with the mom's death, the family dynamics left something to be desired. As viewers, we get a chance to observe the dysfunctional nature of who the children were. Sometimes, you just wanted to say, "Grow up."
It is hard to say exactly what made this picture so unsatisfying. Unappealing characters? To be fair, I think the movie tried to do too much in two hours. Americans are so impatient and have the attention span of a tree.
Sally Field was great. In my opinion, she carried the movie. I liked the way they did these little vignettes with her on camera-not penetrating enough, however. I'm glad she's back at work on TV(ABC show: Brothers and Sisters). I felt that she got way too much negativity from the academy award comment parodied as "you like me, you really like me!" Oh well.
Even with reservations, I still recommend this movie. See it.
Two parachutes.
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