MISS YOU ALREADY - film / by Cut to the chase


This weep-fest starring Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette is getting quite mixed reviews.

Based on a book by Morwenna Banks which I can only assume is similarly devastatingly sad, this film did get to me (TAKE TISSUES UNLESS YOU ARE MADE OF STONE) but ultimately I didn't like it that much.

Drew and Toni play besties (Jess and Milly respectively) at very different forks in the road of life. Jess and her FIFO partner are desperate to have a baby and Milly and her husband have two primary school age kids when she is struck by a breast cancer diagnosis.

No more details for fear of spoiling but this isn't Drew or Toni's best work. 

I didn't hate it but I didn't like it much either so it's a 'don't rush out for this one' from me. Perhaps watch it on TV when it pops up in future if you're in need of a cathartic wail.

If you're interested in reading more, this is a pretty negative review and this is a pretty positive one. See, mixed!

Trailer here. In cinemas Thursday 8 October.