Emma Thompson creates an outstanding portrayal of a woman with stage 4 ovarian cancer who endures horrific side effects of extremely aggressive cancer treatment that is still in its research stage. The movie emphasizes the way patients can so easily become a nuisance to healthcare workers and that many times they serve only as guinea pigs to physicians, especially those involved in medical research. Amazingly, of all healthcare workers portrayed in this exceptionally superb movie, one nurse ("Susie") is depicted in a way that should make the ANA proud. Susie acts as the patient's advocate and treats her with kindness, caring, and sees her as a human being who experiences very real effects of her illness and the disease process, the treatment she receives, and the situation she is in (facing a horrific disease and the possibility of death). This movie will make anyone reevaluate the healthcare system and what its goals should be.
