Summary
Cancer: Few words are more feared. But in her sharply researched, deftly humorous message of hope, survivor Meghan O’Hara changes the way we think about this terrifying disease…
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+17)
Critics 100Audiences 83GoodWatch 79
Tomatometer100%
Audience score90%
IMDb7.5
Running time
1 h 29 min
A typical length for documentaries, −7 min on the typical 96
typical 9689Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 12 countries
Released
2016
July 28, 2016
10 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
United States
Directing · 1
- Meghan O'Hara Director, Writer, Producer
Production · 3
- Pascaline Servan-Schreiber Producer
- Lori McCreary Producer
- Nick McKinney Co-Producer
Camera · 2
- Nelson Hume Director of Photography
- Topaz Adizes Director of Photography
Editing · 3
- Lorian James Delman Editor
- Bryan Gunnar Cole Editor
- Francisco Bello Editor
Sound · 2
- Erin O'Hara Original Music Composer
- Bob Golden Original Music Composer
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