A 1991 American romantic drama film directed by Joel Schumacher, which has a young nurse (Julia Roberts) falling for the terminally-ill patient (Campbell Scott) she is caring for.
The movie also stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst, Ellen Burstyn, David Selby, George Martin, and AJ Johnson.
It was released on June 21, 1991.
Tropes for the film:
- The Film of the Book: Based on the novel of the same name by Marti Leimbach.
- Florence Nightingale Effect: A tragic version where Hilary falls for Victor, a man with leukemia whom she's supposed to be treating.
- Plot-Inciting Infidelity: The movie starts with Hilary catching her boyfriend cheating, moving out of their apartment and becoming a live-in nurse to a rich, 28 year-old man named Victor with leukemia.
- Tagline: "She's giving him something nobody else could. A reason to live".
