Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I will write a very unpopular review that is also uncomfortable to read -- so you might want to stop here. If not, trudge on but SPOILER ALERT! I felt ripped off after paying for this movie because it is a lie. Now there is a lot to like about the movie - and because of that the movie draws you into what you think will be a life-affirming premise. Instead, it's the old 'bait and switch." After enticing the viewer to become invested in the harsh reality of what a quadriplegic's life is like and how that life starts to improve with the addition of a generous and loving friend - it then begins to weave a web of lies around it's premise by leaving out the reality of what happens when someone who is loved decides to end their life. As a mother who lost a son at the age of 18, I can tell you that no true girlfriend is going to put on red lipstick and live it up in Paris on the money of the deceased. No - if she truly loved him, she'd become numb with grief, go through a period of horrid survivor guilt, most likely suffer from arrested development and have to deal with a surreal outlook on life that traps one into a state of paralyzed horror. And that lasts for a long time - usually 10 years, if they are l ucky. And why, oh why, do we not see the parents after their son is helped to murder himself? Why? Because they are probably sitting in their closets WEEPING UNCONTROLLABLY trying to muster the courage to stand up and walk out of their front door. I best say no more - but it's movies like this that try to put a bandaid on a gaping shotgun wound. Keep your damn bandaid and get a clue.