Human-spirit booster ("based on a true story," too) about being brave and chipper and witty and selfless in the face of a nameless crippling illness. Julie Walters as the afflicted wife, Jim Broadbent as her devoted husband, Thora Hird as his dotty mother, Sian Thomas as the blind novelist with separate connections to both halves of the troubled couple -- all help keep it lifesized and swallowable. They, and that fabled British reserve. Directed by Richard Loncraine. (1994) — Duncan Shepherd
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