This is very much the Hollywood version, with Oscar-winning actresses, sad violins on the score signaling serious drama, and a gorgeous setting, the English shore standing in for Connecticut.

Susan Sarandon at the top of her game as a woman taking charge of her death.

The actors do their best to elevate the material...

You don’t assemble a cast like this one without giving every actor something tasty to chew on.

Sarandon is a welcome, prickly presence, unyielding in her intention to go out with at least some faculties intact...

Kammerspilsfornemmelsen fra Augusts original er intakt...

...er ganske tro imod sit forlæg og ikke så tosset, at det gør noget.

...[formår] ligesom originalen at plante tårer i øjenkrogen.