Wit (2001)
Average Rating: 6.5/10
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Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 2
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Mike Nichols directs Emma Thompson in this made-for-cable adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Margaret Edson. Thompson plays Vivian Bearing, a college professor who teaches a course on English poetry. Vivian learns that she has advanced ovarian cancer and only a short time to live, which gives her a sudden and dramatic insight into the importance of kindness and compassion. Wit also features Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, and Jonathan Woodward as Dr. Jason
Sep 11, 2001
HBO Video
Cast
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Emma Thompson
Vivian Bearing -
Christopher Lloyd
Dr. Harvey Kelekian -
Eileen Atkins
E. M. Ashford -
Audra McDonald
Susie Monahan -
Harold Pinter
Mr. Bearing -
Jonathan M. Woodward
Dr. Jason Posner -
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Thompson gives a real tour-de-force performance, moving professor Bearing from bemusement to curiousity, fear to confusion, anger to anguish with skilful subtlety
The dour subject matter and director Mike Nichols' unflinching approach may make this a difficult viewing, but it is rewarding.
A powerful drama about dying and death that will soften the heart of anyone who sees it.
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