A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain-dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death and emotional trauma with a humor that hide...
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"Screenwriter Peter Nichols, adapting his play, deals with the timeless subject of how humans--as married people and parents--deal with the difficulties of raising a handicapped child. Alan Bates and Janet Suzman are marvelous as the joshing twosome in Bristol who appear to be on the same page when it comes to spastic daughter Jo, who can't walk or talk in her semi-vegetative state. But, as Nichols takes us back into the couple's past, we see that husband Bates never held out much hope that Jo would get any better, while his spouse--realistic and yet optimistic--clings to the belief t..."
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Janet Suzman (Sheila) said of this movie at the time, "We had to learn the simple business of how to cope with a child. How to open its mouth and feed it, how to lift it, how to bathe it. We had a medical advisor on the film, a woman doctor who has been very successful in that field, and she told us whenever we went wrong. (Sir) Alan (Bates (Bri)) and I were both dreading going to the hospital, because we didn't know what to expect. But when you get over that selfish reaction, you begin to appreciate what is being done. You ruffle a little head and you are rewarded with a mindless smile of such joy. It is almost an affirmation of faith, if you want to think in those terms. All the arguments for mercy killings go overboard because in the end, it's a choice between life and death. This is a living human being. It's your child, and you love it."
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A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain-dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death and emotional trauma with a humor that hide...