You have permission to publish this article electronically or in print, free of 
charge as long as the bylines are included.  A courtesy copy of your 
publication would be appreciated. 

Movie Reviews - Veronica Decides to Die 
 
Movie Reviews this week looks at the romantic drama Veronica Decides to Die.  
This is a very well made drama, starring the lovely Sarah Michelle Gellar 
(Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as a young woman Veronica Deklava, in an excellent 
job, with a great family behind her, who simply decides she wants to commit 
suicide, she is tired of the route her life is going towards, and is expecting 
to continue in her job until she meets a man, they get married, later on he has 
an affair, they have an argument, she forgives him, it happens again, but this 
time she is too tired to bother to confront him about it - this is how she sees 
how her life will pan out.

She types a suicide letter for her parents, and takes an overdose of several 
pills, fortunately for her she doesn't die, but as expected is taken to a 
psychiatric treatment centre, paid for by her parents, which is headed by Dr. 
Blake played by David Thewlis (The Big Lebowski), who looks surprisingly 
similar to David Wenham, Dillios in 300.

When she comes round, Veronika is disappointed her attempt to commit suicide 
did not succeed, and is dreading having to see her parents and having to 
explain to them the possible reasons behind this suicide attempt; or indeed to 
deal with the world at large (she works at a bank that is well known in her 
local community, and an investigative journalist finds out she made the attempt 
and tracks her down to the treatment centre in order to make a scoop), when she 
still has the same feelings towards her existence.

Matters are further complicated when she is told the dosage of pills she has 
taken has caused her to have a heart attack, that resulted in an aneurysm that 
is getting bigger, and even though her suicide attempt failed, she doesn't have 
long to live, and there is no way of treating it.

Veronika begins to contemplate on what she would like to do seeing she has a 
very short time left, at first she is nonchalant on the idea of doing anything 
while she waits to die, until she meets a fellow psychiatric patient Edward 
played by Jonathan Tucker (The Black Donnellys), who Blake has been trying for 
some time to get him to communicate with the people around him (he simply does 
not talk, and seems to live in a dream world existence, watching nature, 
insects, and just spending time alone), Blake would consider this his crowning 
achievement if he can break through Edward's problem.

It turns out that Blake finds out Veronica used to play the piano when she was 
a child, and strategically places the piano in a place where she cannot miss 
it.  One day she walks past it, possibly feeling bored, she at first tries out 
the keys of the piano with some random taps, then plays a lovely classical 
tune, which enchants Edward (who was listening nearby), she notices him 
watching her playing the piano, and the attraction builds (still with Edward 
not speaking a word).

As Veronica begins to fall for Edward, it then begins to dawn on her the 
enormity of what she is going to miss.

Veronica Decides to Die is a very interesting drama, and this movie has solid 
acting throughout.

Movie Reviews is constantly updated with outstanding reviews of good movies 
that are a must see.

 
  http://moviereviews.noskram.com/  <strong>Movie reviews</strong> is 
constantly updated with reviews of great movies and recommended releases  
 Keywords: Movie Reviews,film reviews,film review,movies,films,Movie 
Review,Veronica Decides to Die,Sarah Michelle Gellar,David Thewlis,Jonathan 
Tucker,drama,romance,suicide,relationships 
 Article contains 572 words

Reply via email to