<p>1950年代,美国女性的社会地位表面看来有了明显提高,然而在如威斯理般著名的女子大学里,教师们教授学生,仍是一切围绕将来的好姻缘打转,并不鼓励她们主动获取自己感兴趣的知识,也不注重培养她们的心里素质。美丽成熟的凯瑟琳(朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰)大学毕业,怀揣理想和热情来到该学校担 任艺术史教师时,便因想散播自由的种子碰壁连连。
然而因为风趣、率直、热情、渊博,凯瑟琳很快赢得了学生们的喜爱,她的几个学生,想同男孩一样干出一番事业的琼(朱丽娅·斯蒂尔斯 Julia Stiles 饰)、活泼好动的丽薇(玛吉·吉伦哈尔 Maggie Gyllenhaal 饰)等,也慢慢地展露出真性情。然而,另一名学生贝蒂(克斯汀·邓斯特 Kirsten Dunst 饰)要结婚的消息,又将自由浪漫的氛围打破。</p>...
本片根据纽约市的英籍神经医师奥利佛·萨克斯(Oliver Sacks)的同名回忆录改编。1969年,羞怯内向但对实验充满热忱的脑科医生马尔科姆·塞尔(罗宾·威廉姆斯 Robin Williams 饰)来到纽约市布朗克斯区一家医院,对院内的强直性昏厥证患者进行治疗。在护士埃莉诺(朱莉·卡夫娜 Julie Kavner 饰)的帮助和鼓励下,塞尔医生对病人大胆用药,使一群昏厥几十年的患者重获新生,尤其对患者伦纳德·洛(罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro)效果尤为明显。但令人意外的是,患者们在苏醒后不久,又纷纷出现了病情恶化的趋势……...
Based on the best-selling novel by David Guterson. After losing his wife of many years, retired heart surgeon Ben Givens learns that he has cancer and takes his beloved dog back to his boyhood home in Eastern Washington, determined to end his life on his own terms. Ben's journey, though, takes an unexpected turn, and soon becomes an adventure that shows him the way back to love and connection....
Based on the best-selling novel by David Guterson. After losing his wife of many years, retired heart surgeon Ben Givens learns that he has cancer and takes his beloved dog back to his boyhood home in Eastern Washington, determined to end his life on his own terms. Ben's journey, though, takes an unexpected turn, and soon becomes an adventure that shows him the way back to love and connection....