Now is Good (2012)
Directed by Ol Parker
this adaptation based on the novel “Before I Die” stars Dakota
Fanning, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine and Olivia Williams. A 17
year old girl dying of leukaemia wants to fall in love before she
dies, luckily the boy next door is available to fall in love at the
drop of a hat.
It seems that this
film mostly sticks to the plot of the novel on which it is based but
the script largely fails to give the characters much depth. All of
the more interesting characters only exist on the sidelines and are
never explained while the plot does have a tendency towards clichés.
Dakota Fanning gives a good performance in the lead role but
otherwise there is not a huge amount to recommend this film on.
2/5
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