It seems that Bob Jones has everything a man could want, namely a fulfilling job and a beautiful, pregnant wife, Gail. But Bob's life is turned upside-down when he is diagnosed with cancer and given four months to live -- not even enough time to see his first child's birth. To cleanse himself of demons in his remaining days, Bob makes a video diary, hoping to pass along some wisdom to his future child. Along the way, he discovers a lot about himself.
Acting
Keaton's raw, unsentimental descent into grace.
Writing
Rubin's personal script avoids cheap manipulation.
Direction
Video diary format feels eerily ahead of its time.
Director
Bruce Joel Rubin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Writer-director Bruce Joel Rubin based this on his own short film and personal musings about mortality—he'd later win an Oscar for Ghost.
The video diary conceit predated YouTube vlogging by over a decade, accidentally inventing a genre of public dying.
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