Kirpianuscus A sad story. and good performances. a triangle. a leukemia case. the desire to discover the beauty of life. touching scenes. and the predictable end. result - not a great film. but with many pieces for become one. a touching story who preserves freshness and force, seduction and bitter flavor. Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio - each does an admirable job. but the most important presence is, in a small role, Coleen Dewhurst. her character becomes key of the only real refuge against pain, death, lost and anger. sure, the links between Campbell Scott and his mother is a significant detail. but not the most important. because Estelle is that kind of character who could transform the order of a manner to discover small things. and she has a brilliant interpreter. a film who could be useful.who is useful. for understand. the value of small, significant things

Desertman84 Dying Young is a romance film that is based on a novel of the same title by Marti Leimbach.It stars Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott together with Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst and Ellen Burstyn.It was directed by Joel Schumacher.When Victor Geddes discovers that he is suffering from leukemia, his wealthy family hires pretty, young Hillary O'Neil to help nurse him through his chemotherapy treatment. As the two struggle through the debilitating effects of Victor's treatment, she unexpectedly discovers they have much in common, even though he is wealthy and intelligent. Their growing friendship quietly develops into a deep and powerful romance that ultimately tests the boundaries of true love and attempt to make the most of their time together. The film presents a beautiful love story between two people one of whom is terminally ill.Although the plot is not original and has been done in many movies before,Julia Roberts provides a great performance to elevate it from being just another mediocre,clichéd and predictable tearjerker.Also,one great thing about the movie is the beautiful cinematography as the location was set on the San Francisco Bay Area.

kastellos I guess I'm just not in the main stream. How can IMDb readers give Love Story (1970) a composite grade of 6.7 and Dying Young only 5.4. Julie Roberts is much, much better than Ali MacGraw (proof of who is the better actress is that MacGraw went literally nowhere, as she deserved, after Love Story while Roberts is still a star, an Oscar winner and a respected actress). The story line of both is somewhat predictable, but Dying Young has an infinitely better script. In Dying Young the viewer truly empathizes with the characters, while in Love Story, neither character is worth knowing. Only the most sentimental will tear up in Love Story, while Dying Young bring most to tears. While this does not mean that it is a great movie, it does mean that the characters are believable and well acted and the story line is good enough to overcome its somewhat predictable premise. Curl up with a loved one and a box of tissues. If you are at all the least bit sensitive you will like Dying Young.

Irisheyes0717 To put it simply, the opening third of this film is intense. Quite intense. Campbell Scott's Vincent is a tortured young man who only wants to live enough to prepare himself for death. Julia Roberts' Hillary is essentially her Vivian from Pretty Woman (I hope everyone who sees this film is as unimpressed as I was with the shameless allusion to Pretty Woman when Hillary steps off the bus in -- gasp -- a red suit), but it suits the film well. But the passionate acting from Roberts, yes, but mostly Scott absolutely rends one's heart. When Hillary declares that she thought "this guy was going to die," the audience is right there with her. Scott's performance is so rare and so special during these opening minutes because he is not self-pitying. He is aware of his disease, and he's trying to fight it. He's beyond emotional pain, and as he struggles through the physical pain, we start to feel it too. By the time Victor announces that his treatment is finished and he's ready for a vacation, the audience is ready for one too--it's really too much to watch a character we're instantly so attracted to come so close to death so many times.However, with the change of scenery comes a change of momentum. This is not surprising considering how emotional the opening third of the movie is--I'm not sure any movie could sustain that degree of intensity for the length of a feature film. Sadly though, the couple's time in the beach house becomes, as one critic put it, a kind of music video which features long shots of "endearing" moments between the two main characters. I would have liked to see more *real* discussions, interactions, etc. between the two than the endless close-ups of their pretty faces. The townsfolk are superfluous--essentially they're stock characters, cut-outs of real people that serve no real purpose in the film. Vincent D'Onofrio's Gordon is the most confusing character of all. He seems to have some sort of flirtation with Hillary, but this is never developed, explained, or resolved. A shame, as it could have added more drama to a section of the film that was sorely lacking in any sort of dramatic effect.The ending of the movie isn't bad, but it never quite recovers the momentum of the earlier section. However, I find that no matter how much I dislike the middle part of the film, I keep thinking about the film as a whole, and really really liking it. If you're prone to it, this film will probably make you cry. If you're not interested in tears, it's still worth watching because at the very least it will make you appreciate how lucky you are to not be going through what Vincent goes through--not having to make the decisions or sacrifices he makes each day.I recommend watching it at least once and forming your own opinion.