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"&lt;p&gt;Death gets the glamour treatment in this genderbending ripoff of &lt;em&gt;Love Story.&lt;/em&gt; Victor Geddes, an impossible role well played by Campbell Scott, has money, intelligence, good looks and leukemia. To get through chemotherapy, he hires a private nurse. Well, not a nurse exactly. Hilary O&amp;apos;Neil, played by the pretty-woman incarnate, Julia Roberts, did want to be a nurse in high school. But it didn&amp;apos;t pan out. No matter. Hilary&amp;apos;s job interview, in spike heels and a red mini, more than convinces Victor that she can hold his head while he&amp;apos;s puking. Too bad the filmmakers don&amp;apos;t offer a similar service for those who gag on cinematic treacle.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;wm:embed type=\"related\"&gt;&lt;/wm:embed&gt;&lt;p&gt;Working from a sappy script adapted by Richard Friedenberg, from a not-so-sappy novel by Marti Leimbach, director Joel Schumacher has fashioned a film of stupefying idiocy in the manner of &lt;a href=\"../../../movies/reviews/flatliners-19900810\"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Flatliners&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, his collaboration with Roberts last year. In remission, Victor sweeps Hilary off for some R&amp;amp;R in picturesque Mendocino, where the sea air emboldens Victor to make his move. The two fall in love and set up housekeeping. Victor&amp;apos;s hair, lost in treatment, starts growing in. Later, his condition worsens. An early version of the film ended with Victor&amp;apos;s suicide. Now, there&amp;apos;s a happy ending with an inescapable message: Even dying young has an up side, as long as you&amp;apos;re dying rich.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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