film details
Now Is Good
1hr 43mins
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine, Olivia Williams, Kaya Scodelario, Joe Cole, Patrick Baladi
Directed by: Ol Parker
The plot: Seventeen-year-old Tessa has the same lust for life as her best friend Zoey but Tessa won't live to see her 18th birthday, go to university or raise a family because she has an aggressive form of leukaemia. Painfully aware of how few days remain, Tessa makes a list of dreams she would like to realise before she dies including losing her virginity and taking drugs. Unexpectedly, she falls in love with handsome neighbour Adam, who is ill-prepared for the shocking reality of Tessa's illness.
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Orange movie-goers' reactions
- " I think it might be good to watch" — Hayley, 18, Nottinghamshire
- " the book is so much better i dont see why they had to change it. i recomend all to read the book" — luke , 19, london
- " Was a good film but very sad would recommend taking tissues when watching it" — rachel, 39, Peterborough
- " The movie is based on a real good book... why haven't they acknowledged this... very strange." — anon, 18
- " so hope dakota fanning from twilight(jane) is in it but it wont be as good as breaking dawn part two x" — megan, 13, plymouth
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Empire
"[An] uneven but ultimately effective weepie with terrific turns from Considine and Williams, who outshine the younger cast."
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