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A man and his wife confront his terminal cancer as he videotapes life lessons for his unborn son. After being told he only has months to live and heartbroken at the prospect of not getting to know his unborn child, Michael Keaton decides to make a video about himself and his life so that his child will know him. Also stars Nicole Kidman.

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Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin (author of the fanciful Ghost) made his directorial debut with this more serious confrontation with the realities of death. Michael Keaton plays an advertising executive who learns he is dying even as his wife (Nicole Kidman) is pregnant. The film beautifully focuses on his anger over everything: the unfinished business of his life and the probability he'll never meet his child. The late Dr. Haing S. Ngor (The Killing Fields) is terrific as a doctor who helps Keaton's character to recognize the corrosiveness of his rage and to let go. The film is a heartbreaker but truly cathartic for anyone who has felt the blunt pain of losing someone close. Keaton is outstanding. --Tom Keogh

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A very moving film. I'm guessing that maybe it didn't get the attention it deserved because it was labeled too sentimental and mawkish-- but there's nothing wrong with "tear-jerker" elements that support a bigger point in the story. They do in My Life... and what point could possibly be bigger than "what makes life worth living?" (the focus of the film).
I agree with 97 percent of comments here on performance. The only thing that I would emphasize is that there are just superb performances ... Read More