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Miss You Already opened theatrically in the United States on 6 November 2015 in 384 venues and earned $552,506 in its opening weekend. The film ended its run 17 days later on 22 November, with a gross of $1,162,653.
The Inspector explains how Eva Smith went away to be 'quiet' and to 'remember'. These words clearly show that Eva was emotionally sensitive. The fact she also felt that 'there'd never be anything...
She'd saved a little money during the summer – she'd lived very economically on what I'd allowed her – and didn't want to take more from me, but I insisted on a parting gift of enough money...
- 1 – The Director Just Lost Her Dear Friend
- 2 – The Movie’S Based on The Writer’s Real Experiences
- 3 – The Women Drew Barrymore Has Lost
- 4 – The Head Shaving Scene Is Real
- 5 – Toni Collette Was Deeply Impacted by The Film
- 6 – The Real Doctors in The Chemotherapy Scene
- 7 – Drew and Toni Have Become Close Friends in Real Life
- 8 – Making The Characters ‘Toughen Up’
- 9 – A Breast Cancer Check Just Before Filming
- 10 – The Crew Is Deliberately Stacked with Women
“I have several friends that have gone through what we see in the movie,” Catherine Hardwicke told Hope 103.2. “My dad had cancer, and one of my dear friends went through an experience like this and actually just passed away about three weeks ago. Fifty percent of the world gets cancer so I guess it’s touched everybody’s life.”
The movie and its detailed emotional scenes, such as Milly showing her surgery scars, and giving her mother a lock of her hair, are based on the personal experiences of screenwriter Morwenna Banks. She lost three friends to breast cancer over a short time. One of the three, Deborah, had the idea for a humorous novel which she and Banks worked on to...
Drew Barrymore, who stars as Milly’s best friend Jess, now has annual breast cancer screenings after seeing two of her close friends lose their mums to breast cancer. Talking to the Mirror about Miss You Already, she said ran the script past her friends to see if it was realistic. “They told me it was,” she said, “and that the humour, anger, messin...
One of the film’s most moving scenes is when Milly has her head shaved by wigmaker Jill, made even more powerful because it’s happening in real life. “That was a real deal,” Hardwicke said. “[Collette] wanted to do that. And Francis de la Tour just bravely grabbed the razor and shaves Toni’s head right there on camera. That’s commitment on both of ...
After playing such an emotionally intense role, Toni Collette said she struggled to return to her normal life according to Daily Life. “I found it difficult to let go, months and months later,” she said. “I’ve never played someone who has had to face mortality before and it is very confronting… to really delve into that. I was surprised by how diff...
The cast and crew met with medical experts while researching for the film, said Hardwicke. “Oncologists were on set on the day that we did the chemo scene,” she said. “They are actually in the scene, so that we would get it as accurate as possible. We wanted it to be emotionally accurate, and technically accurate.”
The filming of Miss You Already sparked a genuine close friendship between Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette. The pair bonded quickly over their shared life experiences, they walked down the red carpet holding hands at the movie premiere, they text each other from other sides of the world, according to The Carousel, they’ve even been on holiday toge...
Hardwicke told Hope 103.2 that the movie we now see has a lot more humour than the original script. “The first incarnation [of the script] I read I thought wow, this is so intense and so real,” the director said. “I felt like it was almost too sad. I’m like, “I think these people are going to have to be tougher because you could end up crying the w...
“Right before I flew out to London I thought, “I’m going to be gone six months, I’ll go and get my breast cancer check up before I go” “, director Catherine Hardwicke said. “Just by having my own checkup it put in me the question, “am I going to be ok or not?”.” She also used the opportunity to inform herself for the film, interviewing doctors and ...
In her chat with Hope 103.2, Hardwicke said it was a conscious decision to employ lots of women on the film. “I think it’s pretty exciting,” she said. “We’re talking a lot about gender equity right now. There’s a woman director, a woman writer, three of the lead actors are women in the film, also the little girl is a very strong actress too. And we...
Nov 6, 2015 · Miss You Already was clearly a passion project for both Barrymore and Collette, and they shared what it was like filming together, why the term "chick flicks" has received such a negative...
Nov 5, 2015 · It feels real, and lends the appearance that Miss You Already is based on a true story. The movie is based on Morwenna Banks' radio play Goodbye, which aired on Radio 4 in 2013.
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Unflinching look at friendship in the face of cancer. Read Common Sense Media's Miss You Already review, age rating, and parents guide.
