One Last Thing...
Is it really okay to laugh at a kid dying of cancer?
Posted by: LyttleOne, September 13, 2005 01:20 AM
I hope so....because this film was hilarious in places. Touching, poignant, thoughtful and an interesting theory of the afterlife in places, too, but hilarious nonetheless. It was really a treat getting to see most of the cast out for the world premier. All of the principal cast for this film showed up as well as the wonderful Ethan Hawke who plays the role of the dying boy's dead father in ways that touch your heart and remind you that humanity isn't limited to this life. Without telling you what to believe, this film makes the death of a child a little less senseless. It offers comfort to the dying and those left behind without diminishing the loss at all. Laugh out loud funny and tear-jerking, too, this film has secured a place on the silver screen for the relative unknowns in the cast and has definitely further proven that Cynthia Nixon and Ethan Hawke can ACT.