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An interesting movie that also takes you to some neat places along the way. The acting is very good and so is the scenery. It's a little slow but I would recommend it.
8/10
26.10.2009 -
beachandtennis@ - age: 50+
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I did injoy the film as I'm a motorcyclist myself... But I had I couple of problems with it.. One it was a bit slow at the beginging, But it did pick up one he got the bike. But what I realy couldn't get was being he had his bank account to live on this trip, I couldn't get way he only seamed to have the cloths on his back, and only an extra light shirt in his saddle bag... I mean a trip like that ya cant just jump on a motorbike and go.. as one needs rain gear and gear for cold weather... as like he had saddlebags, But all he had was that dingky little leather jacket... I kept expecting he would come down with pneumonia before the cancer took hold of him... As like if I only wore what he had on.. man I'd be so cold I'd shiver myself into the ditch.. never mind falling asleep and roadkill.
7/10
29.7.2009 -
jjusedbikes@ - age: 36-49
Excellent movie, well written dialogue, great portrayal of Canadiana without making it the main focus. Interesting character studies. Introspecitve and thought provoking.
8/10
17.7.2009 -
notosodailygrind@ - age: 50+
Good movie with lots of candiana. Made my wife an I want to take a similar trip across canada. It is a good take on how people want someone ill to do everything they can to be alive for them, instead of letting them do what they need for themselves, and to try to find what makes them want to be alive.
7/10
24.6.2009 -
markthemule@ - age: 36-49
Good movie tough subject but worth seeing. Great locations across canada and Gordon Downie does a great part in his role.
7/10
23.6.2009 -
torrie3184@ - age: 36-49
I went to the doctor with my wife and we heard those terrible words of a malignancy is spreading through your body and better get your estate in order. It turned out to be a misdiagnosis but not until a month later did my wife learn the news. They goofed but we are now suing for malpractice. However, it brought closer together than ever before in our marriage. We live in Saskatchewan.
9/10
22.5.2009 -
benjustleft@ - age: 36-49
An absolutely beautiful movie to watch. Has all the places to see while travelling across Canada. I had the experience of hearing those FRIGHTFUL and terrifying words of CANCER not that long ago and this story rings very true for me. It is done with sensitivity, patience and undertstanding. I recommend it highly.
9/10
22.5.2009 -
jenniferjustleft@ - age: 26-35
A beautifully made film about one person's attempt to find some sanity, hope and peace of mind when he first hears the words cancer and not much time left to live. The bigger picture out there is that Cancer is an epidemic compared to its morbidity in the 50s.
9/10
19.5.2009 -
foxxxyangela@ - age: 26-35
Beautifully filmed in Canada and the story is one I have seen and heard from family members and friends who have heard those terrifying words of cancer or malignant from their docs. I thoroughly enjoyed the film and Josh is excellent. It is not the typical drivel you see so much of.
10/10
19.5.2009 -
joeljustleft@ - age: 26-35
This is a thoughful, sensitive, understanding film and is really well done. Josh Jackson (Dawson's Creek, Fringe)gives a beautiful performance in this little gem that is Canadian made. Kudos!
10/10
19.5.2009 -
jilljustleft@ - age: 18-25
I am a cancer survivor going on 10 years now. This is a gem of a film and is very accurate and true to many people's experiences of hearing those frighful words of cancer.
10/10
19.5.2009 -
lorijustleft@ - age: 50+
This is an excellent film about how patients first get the news about a cancer diagnosis. Some commit suicide shortly after and some go into a daze and need to take some time to re-evaluate their life, their relationships and their destiny.
10/10
19.5.2009 -
mcgillmdphd@ - age: 36-49
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First off, try not to let those who found it so called BORING sway you, if you actually GET the movie's message, you will not find it boring. I feel sorry for those that cannot be entertained and learn a thing or two about this life, without having some "shoot em up" scenes to keep them interested. This film is a wonderful and accurate portrayal of the realization that many have about their life when faced with a cancer diagnosis. Perhaps the reason some people do not GET this movie is because FORTUNATELY they have not had a loved one or themselves deal with such a situation. Anyway, whether or not you have, give the movie a chance and really stop and think about the movies intent which is not to depress you but to help you realize how much we take many things for granted when we are just muddling through life.
9/10
30.4.2009 -
debrina@ - age: 26-35
A true Canadian gem. Unlike a lot of Canadian cinema that attempts to force nationality into its films, ONE WEEK offers a witty, creative and thought- provoking insight into one man's effort to find himself while heading west. Canada's best 'road film'... by far!
10/10
26.4.2009 -
kimmith10@ - age: 18-25
A good movie. Not bad story and beautiful scenes, but don't think it's worth buying ticket to see it.
7/10
20.4.2009 -
leeable@ - age: 18-25
Not a bad movie, okay to see once. But I wouldn't pay money to see it again.
6/10
15.4.2009 -
mtetr@ - age: 18-25
This movie is amazing! Great story, great landscapes, I strongly suggest your to watch it! It gives you a second thought about our priority in life.
9/10
14.4.2009 -
virgules@ - age: 18-25
You'll appreciate this one if you have ever driven across Canada (even though a few scenes are out of order from east to west)
9/10
14.4.2009 -
carole,ross@ - age: 36-49
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Where to begin... this comes from somebody who has followed film as an art and an entertainment and profession for a long, long time. I digress,... to the point...'One Week' is a perfect example of why "Canadian" films see limited box office and have a reputation nation wide for being unwatchable. At the behest of a friend and amateur filmmaker friend, I attended the first days screening of the film. We were two of six people in the the theatre…it was a Saturday matinee. I was dubious, knowing nothing of the picture, but my friend had seen an article in FFWD, authored by someone not of the paper I believe, who wrote glowingly of the film, plus a full page, a FULL page advert next to it that was covered with blip comments by absolute unknown entities that read like bogus e-mail idents, that reveal of how this picture (some had yet to see it by the phraseology) was a film that rivals the finest the screen has to offer. In retrospect it was the collaboration, to my mind, of a B. S. campaign worthy of some 20th century propagandists of an intense criminal nature. Enough…now to the ‘film’ itself… (Deep breath)…. a more trite, limp, banal, and lame telling of a manipulative and marginally engaging story than I can think of to recall, barely begins to describe this travesty of a picture…in all the films that I have seen that have dealt with a person confronted by their own mortality due to a life threatening illness, this one treats the subject with a ham fisted lack of insight and skill that galls. Littered with poorly conceived cliches and characters, the predictability of the encounters and situations is laughably amateurish and will appeal to those whose perceptions are clouded by personal involvement with disease or to thirteen year old girls who have yet to come across a story that broaches the subject. Thirteen-year-old boys will go nowhere near a turkey like this, even if it was well done. They know that movies are essentially about entertainment. And the filmmakers had no intent of offering their story with any entertainment at all. It is bereft of any clever or interesting device that someone with wit, talent or real sensitivity to the subject material would create. I gather this is based on a book that has graced stores around the country. This is no comment on the book or it’s content but entirely on the quality of its transition to the screen. The final simpering end to the picture provides us with a quick commercial for the book that I hope will serve the author. I leave it to the literary critics to have at that one. Quite simply, it is a marginally well photographed travelogue of a few locations in Canada placed in bad geographical order ( did the filmmakers not realize that many Canadians know the order of some of the locals they presented? ) Shot with Panavision equipment, some of the shots are plainly out of focus, and many are stock shots from a library with images of a lower quality original that did not translate well to the large screen. The characters have all the flesh and blood reality of actors that can do better work but were hindered, I’m sure, by a director whose most sparkling moments of direction were commands to “Look longingly over there, and now over there, okay cry a bit here….. great…. lunch! ” Endless shots of motorcycling through the country side, by a character who had no luggage at all, like… none. That leather coat must have had a pong to it that would have denied tearless witness. Littered here or there are what appears to be the filmmakers idea of what Canada really is all about in the form of giant geese, pipes and other amusing 'landmarks' that do nothing to give us a feeling of what the country has to offer citizens or visitors. It is a silly attempt at storytelling that is indicative of the type of films that tasteless or manacled producers in this country have ‘graced’ one of the weakest national motion picture producing country’s in the world. I have watched for years now as our best and brightest filmmakers and producers have had to flee this country to produce the type of quality work that is not created inside the borders of this country. Shackled by poor vision and mandates to produce ‘Canadian films’, producers here in the land of the beaver and maple leaf have run a poor last place in my opinion, to the other nations in the world that produce film for consumption by audiences that want good story well told. Screw ‘art film’, the medium is art by it’s very nature but it’s main requirement for me and billions of others is the challenge to be engaging and entertaining. Countries whose population is far smaller than ours, New Zealand for instance, and one film from there in the seventies that was a low budget marvel ‘Goodbye Pork Pie’ comes to mind, as ingenious stories about people and circumstance that don’t try to be about the “country”. It was about a guy, his silly damn car and running from the police. The fact it was in New Zealand was immaterial. ‘One Weak’, sorry, ‘One Week’ is none of this... it is just sad. One only needs to go to the credits and the funding agencies to see why it is as bad as it is. The CBC and Telefilm are the death knell almost for whether or not the film will be interesting…they are agencies that for all intents and purposes have no finger on the pulse of what movies are all about…great story that engages our ability to suspend disbelief and experience the fun that movies can be. They got twelve and a half bucks from me, I hope they spend it on watching a good motion picture. I doubt it will be Canadian…. don’t get me started on ‘Pontypool’……oig….
3/10
13.4.2009 -
channel1@ - age: 50+
I like movies that make me think. It was refreshing.
10/10
12.4.2009 -
kac1004@ - age: 26-35
Finally a Canadian movie! Its so refreshing to see Canadian culture and landscape being represented onscreen. No, it's not as though this film is aiming to be a great work of art, nor is this movie an action-packed Hollywood blockbuster. If you come to this movie with these expectations you might be disappointed. But unlike a lot of Canadian films (Egoyan, etc.) that seem designed to appease international critics at major world festivals, this film was created with the Canadian audience in mind. There's a certain honesty, and down-to-earth quality to this film that felt so refreshing. I was impressed!
9/10
8.4.2009 -
rblain13@ - age: 26-35
Loved this movie. First of all it's Canadian with Canadian content & it showed Canada in all of its splendor (not all of it but that's ok) I really enjoyed the story line & the fact that it was done on a motorcycle.
9/10
6.4.2009 -
lyneed64@ - age: 36-49
LOVED IT. Saw it with my 50+ mom and she didn't love it as much as I did but she definitely enjoyed it. The Canadian scenes were great... made me want to travel across the country. Not even looking at the fact that it's Canadian, it was thought-provoking and interesting. Joshua Jackson is back!
9/10
3.4.2009 -
jessicargyle@ - age: 18-25
A true breath of fresh air and a big step away from "Hollywood". Thoroughly entertaining, quirky, and charming. A movie that makes you think about your life and the quality of your days here on this beautiful planet and in particular, this place we call home (Canada eh!)
10/10
1.4.2009 -
hang,10@ - age: 36-49
Great Movie for all to see! Very Moving and thought provoking.
10/10
31.3.2009 -
childrenfirst@ - age: 26-35
This travel adventure across Canada west on vintage Norton Commando 850 strikes a note with anyone who has ever saddled up a resposive British bike. This young man's coming to grips with a terrible health diagnosis and defining his relationship with his girl friend and family is a coming to terms with challanges life throws our way. Well done!
9/10
31.3.2009 -
wawa@ - age: 50+
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A great Canadiana movie. I agree with the reviewer who says don't look at its flaws too closely, but overall, very enjoyable with a touching message. I wish there was a more eastern element to it - would have been nice to see some of Quebec and the Maritimes. I liked how good things happened to the people whose lives he touched but thought it could have delved more into the characters of the people he met rather than spending so much time on his whining fiance that he clearly didn't love anyways. Was nice to see the scenery on the big screen but might be better as a rental on a decent TV set.
7/10
29.3.2009 -
sasha@ - age: 36-49
What a good movie. Nice to see all the Canadian landscape and the storyline kept a good pace.
8/10
27.3.2009 -
kimmercarter@ - age: 50+
Many people will avoid this film because it is Canadian. If you are a "mainstream" film-goer you would probably skip such a film thinking it is another "tough" film by a Canadian director (Atom Egoyan, Croneberg etc...) You would be making a mistake. The subject is "one week to live" but this film is funny, offbeat, clever and will stay with you longer than any Holywood fair. The preview doesn't do it justice. I am usually quite critical of films (and watch all types) but I can honestly say that I would not change a thing in this one. (well maybe one. I wish they had a bigger budget work in 72 mm film instead of 35mm, because the scenery is beautiful!!! Go see it!
10/10
25.3.2009 -
davidonvacation@ - age: 36-49
After seeing this film, it kept coming back to me all week. It's about finding yourself when you didn't realize you were lost. It's beautifully done and doesn't cater to any Hollywood ideas of how films should go. Rather it's delightfully Canadian in style and content.
9/10
24.3.2009 -
hmcphail@ - age: 50+
I don't understand these reviews. It's nice to have the movie filmed in Canada, but the film was really boring, the narration awful... almost felt asleep. I don't recommend it at all.
3/10
23.3.2009 -
agarcia@ - age: 26-35
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I can't bring myself to give One Week more than a 7 even though I quite enjoyed watching it. I have to agree with other critics that it had several problems ( uninspired acting by supporting actors, made for tv feel, nothing new concept wise, and predictable symbolism and ending) I did like the Canadian scenery and the concept of the film. In 2006 I planned a similar trip but in the opposite direction and in 2007 completed that trip. I have to say I liked the movie because it reminded me of my trip and what I had to overcome to do it, not so much because of the actual movie. But really, isn't that what we go to movies for sometimes? To forget the day to day and imagine or remember special events? I've talked to some critics and read some comments about how selfish the main was but none of them had ever gone through cancer or had someone close to them go through it. I thought the movie portrayed this perfectly, it was HIS journey and HIS need of accomplishment. Sometimes friends and family don't get this and want what they think is best. A good movie to see, but don't look at it's flaws too closely.
7/10
22.3.2009 -
djmf1@ - age: 36-49
It made me think about what's important in life. Taking the opportunity to do something for YOURSELF for once. Instead of for everyone else just because its expected of you. Great piece of Canada, if you love our country. You have to see. The two young guys from Newfoundland are classic!
8/10
22.3.2009 -
scottanderson@
This movie is a bit of a love story to Canada--it explores the wide open spaces and shows us literally much of what makes our country beautiful and unique. Add to this the main character's exploration of what it really means to be alive even in the face of impending death, and this movie is definitely worth seeing.
7/10
22.3.2009 -
karen@ - age: 36-49
Very comfortable to see all those great, familiar Canadian landmarks!
7/10
22.3.2009 -
verotoxin@ - age: 26-35
Did the trip myself long ago on a much smaller bike. Movie was beautiful and very reminescent of the trip I went on with my buddy. Lots of Canada - sort of was the main actor in a sense. Nice thing is that it was exactly what you expect and maybe a little more.
10/10
21.3.2009 -
tyrellclark@ - age: 50+
It was a magnificent movie. Definitely thought provoking.
9/10
21.3.2009 -
kerry_7@ - age: 50+
Basically dull dull dull. Excuse me while I yawn.
1/10
21.3.2009 -
donnycharlie@ - age: 36-49
This movie is beautiful. An ode to Canada. I loved it. It kind of feels like a dream. For sure makes you want to get out and hit the road!
10/10
21.3.2009 -
coocoosnest78@ - age: 26-35
I really enjoyed this movie. It's interesting that it has been referred to as cliché because I thought it was very original. In fact, I find it difficult to describe because of that fact. Joshua Jackson was brilliant. A simple movie that really made me reflect on my life. Oh Canada...
9/10
20.3.2009 -
rossbythesea@ - age: 36-49
Nice to see Canada up on the big screen. Thought there would be a bit more to it though. They did seem to go too fast through all his stops in the various towns across Canada.
6/10
20.3.2009 -
harp5@ - age: 36-49
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A good piece of Canadiana. I may call it "Elizabethtown-North" but still an entertaining look at Canada and the strong, subtle, unobtrusive Canadian spirit. A good movie, but if your looking for fight-scene/car-chase action... go somewhere else.
7/10
19.3.2009 -
kheighway@ - age: 36-49
Unreal Show! An inspirational trip across Canada with a really good soundtrack to go with it.
10/10
18.3.2009 -
kyle_bailey45@ - age: 18-25
Fantastic movie. It is one of the best I have seen in a long long time.
10/10
18.3.2009 -
troy_harder@ - age: 26-35
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Gord Downie stole the show. His two minutes of rollin up the joint were the best part of the movie. Seemed pretty cliche and fairly cheesy.
6/10
17.3.2009 -
corn@ - age: 26-35
EXCELLENT MOVIE! The best so far this year. If you are a Canadian, you will love this movie. Awesome story, really makes you think, and at the same time, through in a few hidden laughs. Go see this one.
9/10
17.3.2009 -
rob_ontario18@ - age: 26-35
I really enjoyed this. If you're at the right point in your life this film could have the power to help you re-evaluate what matters and who matters and why. Joshua Jackson carried the film easily and has proven himself a relentless yet subtle talent.
9/10
16.3.2009 -
ramborules@ - age: 26-35
I enjoyed this movie. It sparked good conversation with me and my sisters afterwards! We all LOVE Joshua Jackson so thank you for doing this movie!!! And I loved the sackatchewan cowgirl character!!! I will never think of a 'case of coolers' the same way again. My favourite part was how his journey kept causing good things to happen to other people... And the soundtrack was great. Nice to recognize all the scenery - gives a whole new feeling to what you're watching because you can remember what the air smells like or even feels like in those parts of Canada. And doesn't everyone rely on their roll up the rim to tell them what to do with their life? This film is worth watching.
7/10
16.3.2009 -
traceyotter@ - age: 26-35
FANTASTIC! Made me laugh, made me cry, made me think, made me cringe - had to go back to see it twice - LOVED IT, and I would go again. Honestly, I have never felt so content in a theater before - especially being Canadian - it was phenomenal.
10/10
16.3.2009 -
mallsilv@ - age: 18-25
Absolutely charming... filled with beauty of person and place! Touched all emotions... and provoked many personal thoughts... a Must See!
8/10
16.3.2009 -
gittle@ - age: 50+
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