There's a tough-minded drama struggling to break through the movie's glossy veneer-a contemplation of the black hole of death that, sooner or later, becomes the center of life.
Miss You Already
When life falls apart, friends keep it together
2015 · 1h 52m · PG-13 Comedy, Drama
Overview
The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.
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Is this really an honest portrait of a beautiful and intense friendship between women? What's intense about it, or beautiful, or honest?
In the march to the end, "Miss You Already" grinds its gears through the late stages of cancer, following a predictable and cliche path. Each scene is a yank on the heartstrings, a poke in the tear ducts, its intents and machinations plainly obvious.
It observes, rather astutely, that there is a power imbalance in a certain kind of friendship where one half plays the ringleader and scene-stealer while the other is the sidekick and enabler.
Part-"Cake," part-"50/50" and a whole lot of "Beaches" ...
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