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My Life Without Me
2003
· Movie
· 106 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Every rating
57–87
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 57, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 87. Critics average 61, everyone else 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.
Details
- Director
- Isabel Coixet
- Writer
- Isabel Coixet
- Studio
- El Deseo, Milestone Productions, Miss Wasabi
- Released
- 7 March 2003
- Country
- Canada, Spain
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $2.5M
- Box office
- $12.3M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →2 major awards won · 4 wins from 9 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Goya Awards 2004 | Best Original Song | Chop Suey | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2004 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Isabel Coixet | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2004 | Best Actress | Sarah Polley | Nominee |
| Goya Awards 2004 | Best Film | Isabel Coixet | Nominee |
| Goya Awards 2004 | Best Director | Isabel Coixet | Nominee |
| Genie Awards 2004 | Best Actress | Sarah Polley | Winner |
| European Film Awards 2003 | Best Film | Isabel Coixet | Nominee |
| European Film Awards 2003 | Best Director | Isabel Coixet | Nominee |
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Goya Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Isabel Coixet | Winner |
| Best Original Song | Chop Suey | Winner |
| Best Actress | Sarah Polley | Nominee |
| Best Director | Isabel Coixet | Nominee |
| Best Film | Isabel Coixet | Nominee |
Genie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Sarah Polley | Winner |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Canadian Film | Sarah Polley | Winner |
European Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Director | Isabel Coixet | Nominee |
| Best Film | Isabel Coixet | Nominee |