Wit

PG-13 8
2001 1 hr 39 min Drama , TV Movie

A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.

  • Cast:
    Emma Thompson , Christopher Lloyd , Eileen Atkins , Audra McDonald , Jonathan M. Woodward , Benedict Wong , Harold Pinter

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Reviews

Raetsonwe
2001/03/20

Redundant and unnecessary.

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Beanbioca
2001/03/21

As Good As It Gets

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CrawlerChunky
2001/03/22

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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InformationRap
2001/03/23

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Jadeisfree
2001/03/24

I am a survivor and when this movie came out I actually though for once a movie that told an accurate view of life thru this horrible time. Boy was I wrong, what a load of crap! I am very surprised that more survivors have to posted the truth! The way her bs came out throughout this whole movie like it was poetry was a load, her overall lack of any knowledge about what people go through while this messes up their entire life was a very poor choice for her. I would have thought that she would have at least studied some patients and took note on what they went thru. Instead Mrs Thompson decided to spew crap and make it seem like deep poetic thoughts. What's load of rubbish this movie was and is, do NOTwaste your money even renting this pure fiction! I wish the academy would have given awards for the worst movies of all time so this could have won in a landslide! What a shame!!!! As a survivor to Mrs Thompson, you should be ashamed!!!!

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Superunknovvn
2001/03/25

There's not much I can write about it. It speaks for itself so eloquently. The script is just brilliant. It settles the score on science, emotionless doctors and people who set the wrong goals for themselves in life. It's a movie that makes you think. With lots of wit and even more heart. Like the main character does in the end, "Wit" finds the right balance between intellect and pure, brutal human emotion. Emma Thompson is astounding. The rest of the cast is, too. Well, as I've said, there's really not much to add to "Wit". Just go and see it. It may change your perception of life for a few days. At least that's what it did to me.

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Red-125
2001/03/26

Wit (2001) (TV), directed by Mike Nichols, is a film that depends for its power on the acting ability of its star. Fortunately, this movie stars Emma Thompson, who is always outstanding and is superb in this role. None of us know how we will respond when we are near death. However, few of us are in the situation in which Thompson's character finds herself. With her caustic wit and scholarly aloofness, Professor Vivian Bearing has cut herself off from friends, students, and colleagues. When she learns she has terminal cancer, she finds herself alone in the world.This moving film benefits from the strong performance of Ms. Thompson, as well as an excellent portrayal by Audra McDonald of a nurse who recognizes that medical personnel can't always cure, but they can always comfort.This is a grim movie, with somewhat hackneyed dialog spoken by the other supporting characters. However, the plot is so riveting, and the acting by Thompson and McDonald is so good, that this is definitely a film worth seeking out.

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lindafrisina
2001/03/27

You will want to smash your TV set after you watch this unbearably sad film.I watched it when my sister was dying of Ovarian Cancer...and maybe that's why it seemed so brutal. I thought I might find some inner strength from this movie..I didn't. Ovarian Cancer seems to be of little interest to anyone..and breast cancer has leaped to center stage.Every scene tore at my heart..as I waited for...what? We knew she would die...we just didn't know how horrible the end of her life would be.Maybe someday I can watch it again, and find something better to say.10 hankie movie

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