Should inspire many who suffer from life-threatening health problems. It is also quite interesting on a purely dramatic level.

| Mar 1, 2007

A very compelling human story.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 8, 2006

Ascher and Jordan bring [their] personal knowledge to bear on the Heywoods' plight, sometimes asking wistfully whether it is ultimately any different from any other family's trouble.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 8, 2006

It is harrowing, heartbreaking, cheering, and unforgettable.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 27, 2006

A humbling and inspiring chronicle of one man's tireless efforts to save the life of his terminally ill younger brother.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 14, 2006

So Much So Fast tries hard to imbue Stephen's story with a life-is-fleeting wonder. In fact, it tries too hard.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Oct 13, 2006

It retains an upbeat air of hope, and even humor, as two brave men battle fate.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 13, 2006

not nearly the car crash it could be

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 12, 2006

Affecting, slightly overextended film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 12, 2006

Jamie's desperation, however, is understandable, as is his anger at the pharmaceutical establishment that continues to fail ALS sufferers.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 11, 2006

This vigorous documentary offers a five-year record of 29-year-old Stephen Heywoods battle with A.L.S., or Lou Gehrigs disease.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 11, 2006

Condensing years of filming down to 87 minutes makes every cut register with a pang of mortality: The temporal ellipses swipe away precious weeks and months in a flicker.

Full Review | Oct 10, 2006

All about life and death and coping with a tragically brief span between the two for one unlucky but determined soul.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 7, 2006

A glowing testament to family bonds and the will to survive. Only those with stone hearts will be unmoved by this remarkable production.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 6, 2006

An inspiring look at an idea the medical establishment doesn't like grass roots pharmaceutical research.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 6, 2006

So Much So Fast... elegantly presents both a critique and a celebration of American optimism.

| Original Score: A- | Oct 4, 2006

This nonfiction film, 5 years in the making,compels attention from its surprisingly spirited victim of a dread disease.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 27, 2006

The film is relentlessly sad, though at its core exists a nugget of hope that is as extraordinary as every single person in this amazing story.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 14, 2006

Ascher and Jordan's poignant and often humorous portrait covers two perspectives of of a tragic equation.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 22, 2006

There's absolutely no denying the overall effectiveness of So Much So Fast.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 4, 2006