One Week - The Review

"To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield."

-From the movie, One Week

This was posted in the credits of One Week staring Joshua Jackson. It is about an English teacher diagnosed with cancer who buys a motorcycle and travels westward, from Toronto til Vancouver, in search for the meaning of his life. In this movie, Ben was portrayed by Joshua Jackson, whom was known in the movie Mighty Ducks and the hit tv series Dawson's Creek.

The movie started as Ben was being told by the doctor that he has cancer, so aggressive that he doesn't any have much time left to live. As he goes home, a narrative tells how he was as a child until at present, how he has given up things he thought he was good at when people had criticized and belittled his abilities. With only little left, he buys a motorcycle and starts to embark on a journey as he searches for the meaning of his life.

On his pursuit westward, he has met people along the way whom had given him a different perspective in life and made him realize the value of the people he had left behind: his family and his fiancee. He eventually came home and faced his family, armed with renewed strength and hope. The movie ended with him, writing and publishing a novel about his journey.

The movie was inspiring. Although, the format was a little different for me. There was some narration throughout the movie which tells us what Ben or some other character was thinking. It tells us to never give up on what we believe in or enjoy to do and gives us a perspective that each and every person that we meet may have a contribution to what could happen to us today or tomorrow. One thing that I didn't like though is its ridicule to the crucifix (Christ was shown in one cross, one hand doing a dirty finger). I'm sure Catholics who had watched this would surely be offended (I know one, who did).

This movie is not something I would be raving about. Although it has a good message, I don't think it would create such an impact in the box office. Maybe it would, in some way, since it's a Canadian movie supposedly featuring the Canadian scenery. Good thing we watched this movie on a Tuesday night, tickets were cheaper by 50%.

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