This is a tragic tale of the slow degeneration of a cancer patient that is filled with pathos and sorrow. Buffy Koenig (
Kathleen Beller) is terminally ill with cancer and for the two-hour running time, she goes through several surgical procedures, suffers all the devastating side effects of chemotherapy, and gets unrelentingly worse. Her doctor (
Marsha Mason) has a certain amount of conflict herself, but that is nothing compared to the young patient's distraught parents (
Ned Beatty and
Susan Clark) or her grief-stricken boyfriend (Paul Clemens). ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide