I'm Losing You

This 1998 film about a dysfunctional Los Angeles family is directed by Bruce Wagner, on whose novel this is based. Everyone in this family has a problem. Perry (Frank Langella) is a successful TV producer who has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer just before his 60th birthday. His son Bertie ...more

Ambitious to a fault, Bruce Wagner's feature debut -- adapted from his own novel -- is a sprawling, Hollywood-literate ensemble pic that tackles such weighty issues as death, spirituality, and success, but fails to find a consistent tone for the proceedings. Predetermining Six Feet Under's mix of morbidity, sex, and sarcasm by a couple years, I'm Losing You drops pop-culture references and life-threatening illnesses within the same scene -- more often than not, within the same sex scene. It's ...more