| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Drama |
There are only a handful of movies can shed a tear in my eyes and Wit is one of them. My sister suffered from cancer and had passed away years ago. By watching this satirical drama i can relate so much to the story and recall how bitter and painful fighting the illness during the last days of her young life. Every physician should see this film, perhaps the experience would make them less inhumane to their patients.
The film is directed by Mike Nichols (with memorable work like "The Graduate" and the acclaimed "Angels in America"). He is so poignant here, focused. The main character, uses a narrative of the first person, a stern professor of poetry named Vivian Bearing, often talks directly to the camera, incorporating a straightforward point of view as she shares her personal feelings directly to us. This gives the movie a personal dimension, and the soundtrack, consisting of memorable classical music, contributes to the penetrating power of this outstanding drama.
I've read somewhere that the script is an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson. Wit offers a powerful satire on the cold and rather antiseptic environment of hospitals, in which patients are seen more as learning opportunities than people. And i can testify for it being somewhat true. I still remember the doctors who operate my sister ask for more money while she was still in the operating table.
The poetry, interspersed throughout the movie as a source of strength for the character, is well executed. And this is coming from a person who is densed when it comes to poetry. Do not let this depressing review stop you from viewing "Wit" it is thought-provoking, riveting, unforgettable, surely one of the best movies of the decade.
