I don't see what the big deal was.

Rating: 6/10 (3 June 2006)

I went ahead and added a spoiler warning even though I figure that 99 percent of you already know what the film turns out to be about.
There were a lot of good things about this film. The acting from Morgan Freeman and Hillary Swank was superb. Clint Eastwood was excellent. And there were a number of scenes in the film that were genuinely great.
In terms of the euthanasia thing, I didn't have a problem with it. I thought it provided for some of the strongest scenes of the film, particularly regarding the scene where she throws her mother out because her mother was trying to get her to sign all her money over to her.
But in spite of all of that, the film only warrants a 6.
I found the film to be a bit insincere and I could see exactly how a lot of the scenes were manipulating me. And because of that factor, I don't think it lived up to its full potential.