hyped garbage

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

It is a wonderful story about a man who just found out he was dying of cancer. He decides to question his life, and his life choices. He goes on a trip to find adventure but ends up finding himself. He meets different people along the way who help him straighten things out a bit. They help him shatter some long held beliefs, like he can't sing or write. In the end, he realizes that he isn't in love with his fiancé and can't marry her. I was mesmerized throughout the entire film. Joshua Jackson was phenomenal. He proved he is a star and can carry a movie all by himself. I was very disappointed that the film didn't more acclaim than it did.

This movie snuck up on me and grabbed me and pulled me in. i was breathing, seeing and experiencing as well as feeling along with joshua's character...the complexities of life, of making sense of it all, of doubts, expectations, not living ones dreams, but then the amazing spectrum of life with its beauty and grandeur, the challenges of relationship and finding oneself and ones place in the midst of it all. The music, the sights, the script of this movie are phenomenal, the bits of humor, sadness, joy and introspection were all wonderful. This DVD will now have to join the ranks of the chosen few in my DVD collection. A must see. Walk away from the canned Hollywood fare, and step into this beautiful film, you'll be glad you did.

This movie was complete crap. Tried way to hard to be artsy, a Wes Anderson rip-off. The pretentious narrator became annoying very quickly as well as the crap coffeehouse music. It really wasn't realistic or believable that the lead character had cancer. Halfway through the movie you begin to actually want Ben to die just so this awful movie would end. The ending was even more terrible when you realize the annoying narrator is Ben.(Who looks nothing like his younger counterpart) This movie would have been one hundred times better if they cut out all the terrible actors and made a five minute nature documentary on Canada. Horrible movie do not watch, I feel way dumber after watching this.

This is another movie that if I did not have Netflix I most likely would have never seen. Having Netflix has led me to some really good movies like this one that I am so glad to have seen. This movie grabbed my attention with the opening scene so much so that I stopped it, called my wife in and asked her to watch it with me. I restarted it and not only did we enjoy watching it, but occasionally paused it to discuss the scene we had just watched.Numerous times we laughed out loud during it and other times our eyes watered up. What a well told heart touching movie. Joshua Jackson did a great job in his role. I actually am one that thinks that Joshua Jackson, James Van Der Beek and Michelle Williams from the TV show Dawson's Creek are very good actors, though James has not been given the break he needs yet IMO. My wife and I both recommend this to others to watch and enjoy. Who knew there were so many statues in Canada? Another movie that I say "well done" and am glad to have spent some time to have watched it.