Beauty and the Breast

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.

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.

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.

This film is all about how women cope with the disease that is Breast Cancer. Throughout this powerful documentary various women are interviewed at different stages from diagnosis to treatment. Different women make different decisions regarding treatment and issues of body image and femininity are brought up. The different stories and stark brutal honesty is what makes this movie so special. These women bravely share their fears and hopes as they battle their disease.I found myself connecting to them all and hoping they would pull through and getting angry at some of their choices. I left feeling inspired by these women's perseverance and recommend it not only for those suffering this cruel disease, but anyone because this disease truly affects us all!

I liked the honesty of this film. It answered questions I had but never asked. They talked about everything from double mastectomies, holistic approaches, diet to wigs. It was very educational for me. What I heard loud and clear, is to always get a second opinion! Because many of the women were not diagnosed right away, they were told it was not cancer. Thus wasting valuable time.

The stories of the lives of these women were all so interesting to me. Even though they had cancer and felt like crap (many days) they were not giving up. They continued to live full lives. This too, was another point in the movie was to keep active! I recommend this film to everyone.