In 1981,in "whose life is it anyway? " ,Richard Dreyfuss ,paralysed after a car crash ,asked for the right to die :as he was in a hospital ,it was not easy .

In Europa, some movies about assisted suicide were made in France ("quelques heures de Printemps" )and in Germany (und Morgen Mittag ,bin ich tot" ) but as it is illegal in both countries, death takes place in Switzerland .

It's easier,so to speak ,for Lily whose husband is a doctor ;she wants to die in dignity and not surrounded by machines ; Susan Sarandon is,as always ,admirable ,and she gets strong support from Sam Neill as her devoted husband .The film is a strong plea for a legitimate choice when there' s only more sufferings in sight ,and who can say he's not concerned with such a harrowing problem?

Kate Winslet and Mia Wasikowska ,on the other hand, are given badly written parts ,the umpteenth version of the sisters at odds with each other, the earnest patronizing one and the unhappy person .And one regrets that there are not more intimate scenes between Lily and Paul ;the very brief scene where he cries in the greenhouse means more to me than the sisters' moanings and whinings .Melodrama often gets in the way of a real tragedy.

But the young generation (good scene of the rapper) and sensitive Lindsay Duncan's Liz make up for it .

Anyway ,it's a courageous movie , which people (with a strong heart) must see.

Paul (Sam Neill) and Lily (Susan Sarandon) have gathered their family for the last time. Lily has advanced ALS and intends to commit suicide before it's too late. The family has already agreed to the plan but fractures start to appear within the consensus.

For most of this movie, everybody is walking on egg shells. It makes the movie itself walking on egg shells. That reservation keeps a damper on the drama. The last half hour piles on the drama with one big scene. It's good drama but it's too little too late. The actors are terrific. The movie does need to push out the drama earlier.

Lily (Susan Sarandon ) has ALS and wants to plan her death rather than face a time when she loses all muscle control. She brings the family together and her friend Liz (Lindsay Duncan ) for one last get together as they celebrate her birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The daughters created some drama, drama that seemed forced and ill conceived. The acting was good and by the end I was into the characters and had a wet eye moment.

Seemed to symbolize the end of the baby boomer generation.

Guide: F-word. Brief sex. No nudity.