I refuse to make this review a defense against the first review, so here is just what I saw. I hate these kinds of movies. They are always cheesy and there to elicit tears of sympathy making the tragedy of a young life cut short into a possible Academy Award. What I loved about this movie was that it never took itself too seriously. It never tried to be about death, but about life and how we live it day to day.

Abbie is our young lady, who has been in love with Sam since they were children and is planning their wedding when she is suddenly diagnosed with Stage 4 either Uterine or possibly Ovarian cancer. But this is not a surprise to us, because the movie starts at her grave, with Sam putting flowers there and telling her "hello." I LOVED knowing beforehand what was coming. There is no moment of revelation, because we know how it ends and we chose to continue watching anyway.

This isn't some newbie project from inexperienced people. This is one of the best movies about love and death I have ever seen. And I've seen them all. What set this movie apart from all the others, was that we got to relax and peer into the lives of two lovers, excellently played, by the way, by Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Michiel Huisman, as these youngsters experience something most of us won't face until much later in life.

This is their story. They had incredible chemistry, the humor took the edge off the sadness, but ultimately, this is a personal story of two very young people trying to deal with the unimaginable. And the storytellers pulled it off. Knowing what was coming, somehow, for me, took the hope factor out of it, so I could just be part of their experience of having a great love and losing it "too soon."

It might not be your type of movie, but watching these two, believing their strong love, and a remarkable turn by Christopher Walken, a truly wonderful actor, was worth the experience.

'IRREPLACABLE YOU': Four Stars (Out of Five)

A romantic drama about a couple who have been best friends since childhood, and are now engaged to be married, who's happiness is destroyed when one of them is given a terminal cancer diagnosis. The film stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Michiel Huisman. Christopher Walken, Steve Coogan, Timothy Simmons, Kate McKinnon and Jacki Weaver also all have supporting roles in the movie. It was directed by first time feature filmmaker Stephanie Laing, and it was written by actress turned first time screenwriter Bess Wohl. The film has received mostly positive reviews from critics, and it was also released by Netflix through it's streaming site. I found it to be really sweet and touching. I definitely got a little teary eyed (briefly) too.

Abbie (Mbatha-Raw) and Sam (Huisman) have been best friends since they were 8, and now they're engaged to be married and hoping for a child. Instead of finding out that Abbie is pregnant though, they find out that she has terminal cancer. Knowing that she could go at anytime, Abbie decides to dedicate most of her time to finding a new romantic partner for Sam (to take care of him when she's gone). She also makes a few new friends along the way.

The movie is funny, in pretty dark ways at times, and it's also incredibly sweet. It's also (of course) a heartbreaking tearjerker. I know a lot of people that try to avoid films like this, but I love them. I really respect a movie that can get me really emotionally worked up, especially to the point of actual tears. This is one of those films. It's not a great movie, but it's definitely well made, and heartfelt.

3/22/18. While the acting was really good (though overdramatic at times),it was really, really depressing. Not sure if this is even a therapeutic movie to watch for those in Mbatha-Raw's circumstances. I get it that she was trying her best to gain some control over a situation in which she has very little control over, it was really depressing nevertheless.