Crazy Sexy Cancer (2007)
Cactus Three

Description

Crazy Sexy Cancer is an irreverent and uplifting documentary about a young woman looking for a cure and finding her life. Weeks after she was diagnosed, filmmaker Kris Carr began documenting her story. Taking a seemingly tragic situation and turning it into a creative expression, Kris shares her inspirational story of survival with honesty, courage, and lots of humor. Crazy Sexy Cancer is more than a film, it's an attitude! It's about rising to the challenge of life, and no matter what, refusing to give up who you are at your core.

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Cancer

Collected reviews and ratings

10 Amazon user reviews

Kris Carr has done the miraculous: She has turned the whole conversation of cancer and healing and empowerment, and creative control upside down to invite all of us to look at our lives and even mortality through brave, fresh, fun, authentic eyes.
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8.0 The Boston Globe | Joanna Weiss

"Crazy Sexy Cancer," then, is a study of what a cancer diagnosis can do to a freewheeling life: the way the search for a cure can crowd out nearly every other thought, the way cancer can redirect a life or a career.
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7.5 New York Post | Linda Stasi

A must for anyone touched by the disease and anyone who fears it. Who knew cancer could be crazy/sexy?
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6.0 Variety | Brian Lowry

In 2003, actress/photographer Kris Carr was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. The resulting home movies, as well as interviews with others undergoing treatment, provide the basis for "Crazy Sexy Cancer," a more provocative title than the documentary that follows.
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