I can remember seeing this movie like it was yesterday. It made such an impression on me that whenever it was re-run on TV I made sure to watch it. This movie is a perfect example of a simpler time in some of our lives when a movie, even a TV movie could entertain us without sex, drugs or violence! The music by Jim Croce was probably the one thing that has kept this movie in my mind all these years. After seeing this the first time I went hunting for anything by this then 'unknown' singer. I still have all the albums and I had "Time in a Bottle" for my wedding song. I only wish some of the great TV movies from years gone by would be put out on DVD.
10 Reviews
Croce in a bottle
rufasff22 March 2004
The Seventies T.V. movie (A.B.C.'s "Movie Of The Week" here) left an
impression on many, from "Maybe I'll Come Home In The Spring" to the more
lightweight "But I Don't Want To Get Married", to the best known "Tribes."
This was an early "Cancer" movie before the subject would be done to
death. Probably remembered by most as the first time they heard the touching folk/pop of Jim Croce (If only HE had lived), these A.B.C. movies, in the tradition of shows like "Room 222", was T.V. jumping on the "Hip" train a little late(what the hell, some say the "sixties" were really 65 to 75. Lucy's troubled Son is not much of an actor, but otherwise this time capsule of a more hopeful time has it's heart in the right place, maybe it's head too.
impression on many, from "Maybe I'll Come Home In The Spring" to the more
lightweight "But I Don't Want To Get Married", to the best known "Tribes."
This was an early "Cancer" movie before the subject would be done to
death. Probably remembered by most as the first time they heard the touching folk/pop of Jim Croce (If only HE had lived), these A.B.C. movies, in the tradition of shows like "Room 222", was T.V. jumping on the "Hip" train a little late(what the hell, some say the "sixties" were really 65 to 75. Lucy's troubled Son is not much of an actor, but otherwise this time capsule of a more hopeful time has it's heart in the right place, maybe it's head too.
She Live's!
kaloba-bela23 September 2012
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Hysterically BAD dialogue and leads undermine superb original score and supporting cast
aromatic-227 November 1999
The dialogue is hysterically bad. The direction inundated with early-70's-style montages. And the acting by both leads seem to alternate scene-by-scene between overwrought and stoic. In many ways, this is a time capsule of bad 1970's movies. But, on that level, it is always fascinating -- especially with superb supporting performances all around, and a magnificent original score including Croce's Time In a Bottle and Chapin's Circles. Some other goodies in the score also.
This movie would have worked a lot better if the filmmakers had gotten the audience to like the couple.
planktonrules3 November 2016
The plot of "She Lives!" is very, very similar to "Love Story" in that it's about college students who fall in love...and the lady comes down with a terminal illness. But, unlike "Love Story" there is hope in this film that she MIGHT not die.
I can barely remember seeing "Love Story" but can say that with "She Lives!" I had a hard time sticking with it because I didn't like the couple and really didn't care if she lived or died! The editing was terrible--with choppy bits of Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle" clumsily dropped into the film. Some of the camera-work was blurry and looked cheap. And, the acting, at times, was silly--with some terrible overacting. A few scenes which show this was the screaming scene which was unintentionally funny as well as when she later said she felt fine and only seconds later she was on the ground...practically dying. So, aside from the writing, acting and filmmaking the film wasn't bad...though I guess that really doesn't leave much, does it? Oh, and I forgot to mention that the ending was VERY abrupt and incomplete.
In retrospect, with a title like "She Lives!", I wish it had been a horror movie.
I can barely remember seeing "Love Story" but can say that with "She Lives!" I had a hard time sticking with it because I didn't like the couple and really didn't care if she lived or died! The editing was terrible--with choppy bits of Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle" clumsily dropped into the film. Some of the camera-work was blurry and looked cheap. And, the acting, at times, was silly--with some terrible overacting. A few scenes which show this was the screaming scene which was unintentionally funny as well as when she later said she felt fine and only seconds later she was on the ground...practically dying. So, aside from the writing, acting and filmmaking the film wasn't bad...though I guess that really doesn't leave much, does it? Oh, and I forgot to mention that the ending was VERY abrupt and incomplete.
In retrospect, with a title like "She Lives!", I wish it had been a horror movie.
Far superior to "Love Story"
rfeinberg13 December 2000
I love this film. First saw it at age 14, when ABC broadcast it in Sept. '73. Unlike others, I've always been impressed by the acting and writing. Even Desi Arnaz Jr. is okay and likeable...but Season Hubley - WOW! It's an edgier performance than a lot of other young actresses would've given, and she's so cute with that super-short haircut! Hubley was poorly used by Hollywood - most of her roles after this one seemed to be as hookers and nuns. This film, however, is a real showcase for her talents. The dialogue is excellent, very much of its time (for instance, when they recall the disillusionment they felt after Bobby Kennedy's recent - just 5 years earlier - assassination.) The cast includes Anthony Zerbe (I was never a fan, but he's okay) and Jack Soo of "Barney Miller" fame. Watch it as a time capsule, as a tear-jerker, or just to see one of the sexiest actresses of the '70s at her peak.
Maudlin, sappy sentiment, as only the romantic early 1970's could put out.
mark.waltz25 June 2020
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Don't make the same mistake I did and think that this is along the same lines as the 1971 TV movie "She Waits" with Desi Arnaz's one-time girlfriend Patty Duke. They have absolutely nothing in common other than being 75 minute movies of the week with "She" starting off the title. I had two placed together on a DVD as a double bill, and they couldn't be any less related. This is the type of maudlin, slow moving drama of young love where you feel guilty if you are not rooting for this couple to make it, or nauseous over the fact that the sentimentality here completely takes over you. Desi Arnaz Jr. left his mother's hit sitcom to concentrate on a serious acting career, and other than a few sleeper hits ended up with movies of the week that take no actors career anywhere.
Here he plays a college student who drops out to take care of his girlfriend Season Hubley who finds out that she is dying of Hodgkin's Disease. You can't fault the character or Arnaz for his sweet performance; He is as loyal as loyal can be and even when she attempts to take her life having come to the conclusion that there's no hope, he stands by her, desperate to make the most of their time and capture what is left in a bottle, to paraphrase the sappy Jim Croce song which was an early 70's chart hit and is heard throughout, both as a song and as the instrumentals. The situation just goes overboard for the sentiment, and the script doesn't help this move along, seeming much longer than its 75 minutes. "If you were a city, you'd be San Francisco", Arnaz says, an indication of the dime romance novel style dialog that this film is overloaded with. This doesn't even have the benefit of an ensemble of famous supporting players, and I really couldn't wait for "She Lives" to declare "The End!"
Here he plays a college student who drops out to take care of his girlfriend Season Hubley who finds out that she is dying of Hodgkin's Disease. You can't fault the character or Arnaz for his sweet performance; He is as loyal as loyal can be and even when she attempts to take her life having come to the conclusion that there's no hope, he stands by her, desperate to make the most of their time and capture what is left in a bottle, to paraphrase the sappy Jim Croce song which was an early 70's chart hit and is heard throughout, both as a song and as the instrumentals. The situation just goes overboard for the sentiment, and the script doesn't help this move along, seeming much longer than its 75 minutes. "If you were a city, you'd be San Francisco", Arnaz says, an indication of the dime romance novel style dialog that this film is overloaded with. This doesn't even have the benefit of an ensemble of famous supporting players, and I really couldn't wait for "She Lives" to declare "The End!"
Low-rent "Love Story"
cap-2212831 July 2022
Set at UCLA, with much less appealing leads, hysterical script, and relentless abuse of the Jim Croce song. I didn't detect any chemistry between Arnaz and Hubley. Hollywood's campaign to make Arnaz happen was in embarrassing evidence throughout the film. Also missing were any appreciable supporting characters. The sense of doom and tragedy in "Love Story" was lost, with the emphasis on the search for a cure, and made this one seem trivial.
A very 70ish made-for-TV movie that's actually quite good!
elliottrainbow31 January 2000
I watched this movie when it first came on in 1973 (I was about 8 or 9 at the time) and I loved it! I finally managed to get a copy of it just a few months ago - thanks, Regina, wherever you are! - and I still think it's a pretty good movie. Season Hubley and Desi Arnaz, Jr. are very convincing as the young couple whose happiness is threatened when Pam (Season) gets cancer. It's not a Love Story ripoff, in that this movie centers around the illness itself and not how the characters are so different. Also, you can tell by the title how the movie ends.
Very moving, it makes you want to stop and smell the roses and to see each face as a flower
joeagnes29 September 2003
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***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** I recall back many years ago, when switching on the television, I only intended to watch the first 10 minutes of this movie, simply because I was only attracted to Jim Croce's beautiful tune `time in a bottle'. Initially I continued to watch half hearted only with the hope of hearing more nice tunes, as I had mistaken it for some silly puppy love story. My judgment could not have been any worse!!!!!!!!. The movie grew up on me and it has became one of my all time favourites. It is touching, emotional and an absolute must for all those that have been affected with an illness or having a loved one with an illness. I am not the one to cry when watching movies, but this movie came pretty close.
It is a unique film as it shows the continual love, determination and commitment between a young man and a young woman to beat the odds when she is diagnosed with cancer. At first there is naturally disbelief, followed by devastation which would be the case for all those unfortunate enough to be given such a sentence. There is also misinterpretation amongst neighbours who are quick to judge in believing that she has had a drug overdose instead, as one's thought of seeing a young and healthy person to be diagnosed with cancer are almost unimaginable, even though it happens .
Their continual quest and determination to fight and further investigate, brings out the superhuman in all of those battling whatever disease they are confronted with. I do believe that all these ingredients are well portrayed in this movie, as Desi Arnaz Jr. and Season Hubley superbly collaborate together in delivering a very fine convincing performance . I do not want to give too much away as it will defeat the purpose of receiving that first impact which comes from having watched this movie for the very first time. Jim Croce's tune ` time in a bottle ` is superbly blended in the scene where Dezi Arnez Jr is riding his bike down the street to face the many hurdles that lie ahead. The lyrics to this wonderful tune are very powerful as they dwell on a wish of saving time in a bottle, where he would save every day until eternity ends, so that he could then spend that saved time with who he loves. We all relate to this with our loved ones. In fact, the tune captures it all and I just cannot see how it could have been as impacting without it. The beauty of this movie is that the theme can be generalized to be equally valid between the love of a parent and child, siblings, between that of a spouse and partner or between any relationship. It does not discriminate it's essence.
Thankfully, this movie does have a happy ending where she is finally in remission and it ends with the paradox on hearing their pathology results - `results are negative, so that means that it is positive'. I highly recommend it!!!!!!!!!!.
It is a unique film as it shows the continual love, determination and commitment between a young man and a young woman to beat the odds when she is diagnosed with cancer. At first there is naturally disbelief, followed by devastation which would be the case for all those unfortunate enough to be given such a sentence. There is also misinterpretation amongst neighbours who are quick to judge in believing that she has had a drug overdose instead, as one's thought of seeing a young and healthy person to be diagnosed with cancer are almost unimaginable, even though it happens .
Their continual quest and determination to fight and further investigate, brings out the superhuman in all of those battling whatever disease they are confronted with. I do believe that all these ingredients are well portrayed in this movie, as Desi Arnaz Jr. and Season Hubley superbly collaborate together in delivering a very fine convincing performance . I do not want to give too much away as it will defeat the purpose of receiving that first impact which comes from having watched this movie for the very first time. Jim Croce's tune ` time in a bottle ` is superbly blended in the scene where Dezi Arnez Jr is riding his bike down the street to face the many hurdles that lie ahead. The lyrics to this wonderful tune are very powerful as they dwell on a wish of saving time in a bottle, where he would save every day until eternity ends, so that he could then spend that saved time with who he loves. We all relate to this with our loved ones. In fact, the tune captures it all and I just cannot see how it could have been as impacting without it. The beauty of this movie is that the theme can be generalized to be equally valid between the love of a parent and child, siblings, between that of a spouse and partner or between any relationship. It does not discriminate it's essence.
Thankfully, this movie does have a happy ending where she is finally in remission and it ends with the paradox on hearing their pathology results - `results are negative, so that means that it is positive'. I highly recommend it!!!!!!!!!!.
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