The movie starts like a Shakespeare play, where Abbie, the main protagonist, shows you her grave, you know where this is going, you know you are going to cry, but she takes you on the journey anyway. The movie starts with Abbie and Sam, as kids, at the aquarium, when a lady tells them that the deep sea anglerfish is the only fish that mates for life, when the male anglerfish follows the female deep into dangerous territories, then bites into her flesh and never lets go, cut to Abbie, biting Sam so hard that he gets stiches. You kind of know that you are going to laugh with this couple. They knew each other since they were kids, and Abbie is the one who "proposed" to Sam (basically putting a rubber ring on her finger). They are a cute couple, thinking they are going to have a baby, which turns out as a stage IV cancer. At that point you had kind of forgotten about that first image of her grave, and it kind of bring you back to reality. Abbie meets a support group of people in the same situation, and get into her head that she needs to find Sam his new partner before she goes, to somehow hinder his pain when she dies. You get into situation that are absurd, and kind of terrifyingly sad, where she pushes everyone away, so that they will be less hurt of her departure, but is reminded to see the good in all this before she leaves. Clearly a chick flick, but sometimes it's nice to have your emotions brought back to the surface.
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