My Life Movie Review 1993

Maudlin, sometimes depressing production preaches the power of a well-examined life. Public relations exec Keaton is diagnosed with cancer and the doctors predict he will most likely die before the birth of his first child. Film follows his transition from uncommunicative and angry to acceptance, a role to which Keaton brings a sentimental strength. Kidman is window dressing as the ever-patient, nobly suffering wife, a cardboard character notable mainly for her beauty.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 114 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Death & the Afterlife, Parenthood, Family Ties, Pregnant Pauses, Disease of the Week, Amusement Parks, The Meaning of Life, Rock Stars on Film

Screenplay

Bruce Joel Rubin

Cast

Michael Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Haing S. Ngor, Bradley Whitford, Queen Latifah, Michael Constantine, Toni Sawyer, Rebecca Schull, Lee Garlington

Cinematography

Peter James

Director

Bruce Joel Rubin

Music

John Barry

Other

Richard Chew

Producer

Hunt Lowry, Jerry Zucker, Bruce Joel Rubin, Gil Netter, Zucker Brothers Productions, Capella Films, Columbia Pictures