Beauty and the Breast

Excellent film on breast cancer. It's honest. Nothing is staged. It shows you have to be strong to fight it. At times, they are honest and say they don't know if they want to continue with the treatments. But what it says to me is- you just take one day at a time. The will to live is strong in these ladies. They continue on with their lives between Chemo and surgeries. One lady rides horses, even though some days she feels awful she still feels good on the horses. That is what they seem to do is to keep busy and finding things to take their mind off of the negative and put their energy into something else. Also, surround yourself with people, with friends, even if you are not in a current relationship. This helps keep your spirits up.

I liked the way this movie was filmed. It follows the lives of, I think 9 women, and the different stages of their cancer and life stages. You get to know these woman and I really liked all of them. This film is educational, it follows some of the women as they are getting different treatments done. They talk about their decisions to have double mastectomies or not to. What they think about them good or bad. One woman believes her in-vitro fertilization caused her breast cancer. Now she has two young children. I had never heard this before. She talks to different doctors about this. I like this film because it shows women trying different options to try to fight their cancer, to stand up for themselves and be their own advocate. I think this is a good film to watch if you or someone you know has breast cancer. All these ladies are very strong and brave.

I was deeply into this film right from the start. It showed the reality of breast cancer, but not to scare you. It was just the real stuff that goes along with it, such as hair loss, days after chemo, feelings of "is this worth it", mastectomies. But these are all part of it and we should all know about it because we all know someone going through this. It is just a better way to help someone if you know more of what they are going through. This film also shows you how courageous these women are and how strong they are. They probably didn't even realize they had this strength before this. This film shows that your life isn't over once you are diagnosed. You just live a different life, one with more challenges, new experiences and new friends.

This is more the documentary this is a public service. I have known many women who have been afflicted by this disease, and this documentary sheds light on what women go through when they are diagnosed with this terrible disease. The film follows several different women as they come to terms not only with their diagnosis, but with their treatment. Through each story we see that although the circumstances might differ there is one constant and that is strength. Strength can come from, a partner, from family, from humor, but most importantly strength must come from within. I found myself, laughing, crying and at times getting angry with these women (One forgoes chemo in favor of holistic medicine.) It made me question how I would handle it. All in all I came away inspired, and hopeful. A great service for all women!

A wonderfully made film. Very educational documentary. We all hear about breast cancer and know someone that has breast cancer, but unless you have it (or someone very close to you has it) than there's a lot out there that you don't know. The film tells it to you in a way, without boring statistics, but actual life stories so that you are interested and stay interested throughout the movie. These women in the film, open up to you and bare their bodies and innermost thoughts. And I really applaud them for doing that. I now feel I have a better understanding of the disease. I would recommend this film to everyone really. I would especially recommend you see this film if you know someone who has breast cancer, I think it would help the relationship.