Seriously, is there Anything Timothy Dalton can't do? You'd be hard pressed to find another living actor with a resume spanning such a wide range of genres on stage, screen, television and voice overs. What an actor's actor. He totally makes this movie. Having lost family and friends to cancer, I so appreciated the theme of deciding your own end - vs being imprisoned by the health insurance industry. Bravo for tackling this theme (in 1988)alone! I'm so grateful to have seen this film enough times now that I have specific scenes and lines etched in my brain - every single scene Timothy's in of course, he OWNS. And his work with Janet McTeer is just lovely. There's something about this guy though - besides being drop dead gorgeous and possessed of that Golden Larynx that makes the English language sound like the loveliest music on the planet -he just exudes such a deep sense of loving what he's doing on such a profound level - it doesn't matter WHAT he's in or who he's with. In return, how you can help but not love him back with all your heart and want to follow him to the ends of the earth? He's so generous with his fellow actors too - seems like such a great person to work with. Yes of course, the film itself has its flaws - not least of which is Janet McTeer's character which was seriously underwritten, but she is soooo good and soooo hilarious and heartbreaking that she nearly makes up for it. Plus, it's great seeing two tall people get together - it's not something you see every day.
