Five (2011)

An anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people's lives.

Directors:

Jennifer Aniston, Patty Jenkins

Writers:

Stephen Godchaux (segment), Jill Gordon (segment)

Stars:

Patricia Clarkson, Rosario Dawson, Lyndsy Fonseca

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 26 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Patricia Clarkson	...	Mia
Rosario Dawson	...	Lili
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Cheyanne
Ginnifer Goodwin	...	Charlotte
Jeanne Tripplehorn	...	Dr. Pearl Jarente
Ava Acres	...	Pearl at 7
Carla Gallo	...	Laura
Aisha Hinds	...	Bernice
Josh Holloway	...	Bill
Jennifer Morrison	...	Sheila
Austin Nichols	...	Edward
Annie Potts	...	Helen
Xander Berkeley	...	Peter
Kathy Najimy	...	Rocky
Romy Rosemont	...	Lynne

Storyline

An anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people's lives.

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Plot Keywords:

breast cancer | f rated | doctor | destiny | title directed by female | 

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Taglines:

Direct your power.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

Taylor Kinney and David Eigenberg both play in the same short story of "Cheyenne" in Five and later will play firefighters on Chicago Fire as well as guest roles on Chicago PD.

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Connections

Followed by Call Me Crazy (2013)

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Soundtracks

Mod Wheel
Written by Ryan Dodson and Brett Sorrentino
Produced by Ryan Dodson

User Reviews

star-studded cast with good results

This is a pretty good movie about five women and their loved ones going through breast cancer. It was wonderful to see so many people with their stories in one setting. Some of the writing was uneven and the resulting short film direction was the same. The films didn't flow into each other as well as they should have, since it was attempting to be a collection of somewhat related stories. The time sequences for one section were more confusing than helpful. There were no helpful, obvious ways for viewers to get more breast cancer resources. Walgreen's and Ford are not the way to go with advertising in this topic. Also, nothing was mentioned of the areas in which there are higher incidence rates. This is important information for people to have. Perhaps it should have been made into "Eight" because one in eight women will likely have breast cancer? That way more stories could be told... I would have loved to see more, different ethnic groups included into this TV movie. This is especially true since the CDC has published rates of white women as going down and black women as going up. Hispanic women's rate is going down slightly and Asian women's is going up slightly.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 October 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Five

Company Credits

Production Co:

Echo Films, Sony Pictures Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1