Do they have their own story?
Cancer chiefly motivates family repair, especially father-son reconciliation.
Life as a House
2001 · New Line · Theatrical
FAIL
Summary
George Monroe learns he has terminal cancer and decides to rebuild the dilapidated home of his childhood. The project becomes a way for him to reconnect with his estranged teenage son.
Why it fails
Are they allowed to live?
Death is framed as meaningful completion of house/family legacy.
Does the medical reality hold up?
Terminal diagnosis and decline are compressed and medically thin.