Are they allowed to live?
Terminal liberation fantasy risks making death diagnosis a wish-fulfillment catalyst.
The Guitar
2008 · Independent · Limited theatrical
FAIL
Summary
After receiving a laryngeal-cancer diagnosis, Melody Wilder loses her job and relationship in quick succession. She retreats to an apartment and begins indulging the desires she had previously denied herself.
Why it fails
Does the medical reality hold up?
One-diagnosis life reset appears medically schematic.