Stars Kevin Kline and Kristin Scott Thomas are fine, but the film is forgettable, sentimental hooey. After 20 years spent designing painstakingly precise architectural models for the same firm, George Monroe (Kevin Kline) is handed a hefty severance package and his walking papers. But that's not the bad news: Moments after he stages a spectacular exit, George collapses outside his office and wakes up in a hospital where he learns that he's sick — so sick his doctors aren't even going to bother with any kind of treatment other than painkillers. Faced with imminent death, George decides that he's going to devote what little time he has left (he figures he's got about t...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
124 mins