Aimed at youngsters, this odd mix of fantasy and disease-of-the-week
conventions doesn't really gel, though its ambitions are laudable. Adolescent
Owen Walters (Bill Switzer) has Hodgkin's disease, and his well-meaning
parents (Teryl Rothery, Garwin Sanford) don't want him to dwell on thoughts of
death. So they forbid him to attend the funeral of the eccentric Mr. Rice
(David Bowie), who befriended Owen and knew full well that Owen thinks of
death constantly. He has nightmares about coffins and obsesses about the dark
blue suit he's convinced his mother bought to bury him in. He's even mean to
Simon (Richard de Klerk), a sicker ...
Released:
1999
Rated:
NR
Length:
92 mins