One Week (8.5/10)

Life isn't always up to us. Whether it's the people in your life has some say or you don't know what to do with it, most likely a combination. "One Week" is about this in the gravest of times. Ben Tyler ( a nice breakthrough by Joshua Jackson) has been told he has terminal cancer, he has years to live at best, a week minimum. Ben lives a good life, new fiancee, stable job and loving parents. However he's not content. We watch movies and read books about people that have grand experiences that change their lives. Those moments are hard to come by and even harder to identify. "One Week" deals with this as Ben travels across Canada on his awesome 1973 Norton 850 Commando bike trying to find meaning in his life. The film isn't told in the traditional matter. A narrator (Campbell Scott) talks about Ben's emotions and deals with flashbacks similar to the narrator in "Little Children". "One Week" deals with some realistic emotions and experiences and is just something grand to behold. Cinematographer Arthur E. Cooper captures some poetic scenery and can show a lot of tension in a scene with his placement of things, first rate work. Our lives aren't just are own.
"How do you know if your with the right one" Ben asks a man at a motel referring to his fiancee.
"If you got to ask... then your probably not."

8.5/10
Recommendation: It's one of those films for when you feel stuck in life. It's also one of those road movies. Either way i'd say go for it.