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...First Do No Harm (1997)
Non-Epileptic Reviewer
I may not be a person living with Epilepsy, but I live with someone who has it. This movie is a moving portrayal of a family coping with a son with seizures he cannot control and the medical establishment that won't do what's needed to help their son so the mother does whatever she can to help her son overcome the disorder that has taken over his life by trying to get him into a program called the Ketogenic Diet and doing whatever is necessary to help her son. The film also shows how the family copes with their family members epilepsy. Realistic portrayal of a seizure which will make you cry. I know it did for me. I recommend this movie for people with epilepsy and those without so they can see how epilepsy and seizures can take control of ones life.
The Upside of Anger (2005)
#2 Movie of 2005!
Wow!!! Although the movie was slow at times, I found myself interested in all the characters involved. This has got to be the best film Kevin Costner has done since JFK way back in 1991. I have a new favorite actress and her name is Joan Allen. She brings a great performance that should have been nominated for an Academy Award. The four actresses who play the daughters were fleshed out characters, especially the youngest sister, played by Evan Rachel Wood who narrates this film. There is a plot twist I didn't see coming. When the daughter played by Keri Russell was sick, I thought back to the beginning and thought it was her funeral....it's not and that's the big surprise in this entertaining film.
By the way, my #1 film of 2005 was Brokeback Mountain.