I guess people like fairy tales.

Rating: 1/10 (30 December 2014)

In case you're wondering, I just happened to come across this film because I think Willem Dafoe is an excellent actor and I was just checking out his work.
I guess people like fairy tales. How else could this movie possibly get these rave reviews? If you want to see sad, watch "Grave of the Fireflies" or "Requiem for a Dream". But despite how the movie is portrayed by other viewers, I believe this film is supposed to portray hope and not what's real. That is the only problem I have with this movie. It is sooooo cliché. Just about everything that happens is like perfect. The perfect guy, the beautiful dying girl. Yeah, it's a princess story rewritten as a cancer story. That's my only problem with this movie. I guess if you're a 12 year-old teenage girl looking for a Snow White kind of tale then this is for you. I was looking for something a little more deep and this did not deliver.
If you're not a 12-year-old girl you should probably stay away... unless of course you haven't seen Beauty and the Beast yet in which case go ahead and knock yourself out. It's an extremely shallow movie. Just saying.