Now Is Good (2012)
7/10
The Vidiot Reviews...
14 September 2014
Now Is Good

The good thing about dying young is that you die with all of your hair.

However, that won't be the case with the ailing adolescent in this drama.

When her cancer returns, Tessa (Dakota Fanning) formulates a bucket list comprised of high-risk activities.

Despite her death sentence, her parents (Paddy Considine, Olivia Williams) still cannot condom her hazardous behaviour, urging her to mind her health.

It's not until she encounters her kindhearted neighbour (Jeremy Irvine) that Tessa begins to feel her first glint of love.

Adapted from the Teen Lit book Before I Die, this British based love story is an emotional and frank exposition on the final days of a debilitating disease, and the people and moments that make them memorable.

Heart wrenching performances throughout, Now is Good is not only believable but also beneficial.

Incidentally, the one unchecked item on all sick kids' bucket lists is: cure cancer.

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