Sweet November (2001 film)
This article is about the 2001 film, for the article on the 1968 version, see Sweet November (1968 film).Sweet November is a
romantic drama starring
Charlize Theron and
Keanu Reeves. The film is based off of an earlier version made in
1968 and written by
Herman Raucher. Due to its poor reception by critics the film was nominated for
Worst Remake or Sequel and both Reeves and Theron nominated for
Worst Actor and
Worst Actress (respectively) at the
2001 Golden Raspberry Awards.
Nelson Moss (Keanu Reeves) is a typical businessman who devotes his life to his career. He meets Sara (Charlize Theron), a woman very different from anyone else he has ever met. His arrogance and ignorance leads to her failing her
DMV test and she decides to track him down to make him pay for what he did. She beguiles him and convinces him to spend a month with her on the promise that she will change his life.
Throughout the course of November the two experience several breakups. Nelson is forced to obey Sara's rules, and to examine his life and his past in great detail. During their adventures Nelson befriends a fatherless child called Abner (Liam Aiken). Eventually Nelson realizes that he is deeply in love with Sara and asks her to marry him. This sets in motion a sudden chain of events that reveal Sara's terminal cancer. Because Sara cannot bear to have Nelson experience her decline in health and eventual death, she asks him to leave. For a time Nelson complies with her wishes, but then stages a surprise return during her Thanksgiving dinner.
What seems to be a perfect reunion is ruined when Nelson wakes up the next morning to find that Sara is once again asking him to leave. Sara tries to run away but Nelson runs after her. Eventually they catch up and in the tearful scene that follows Sara asks Nelson to leave so that he will always have only happy and strong memories of her. Sara explains that she needs to know this is how she will be remembered, so that she can face her last days in life. The movie ends with Sara blindfolding Nelson (a revisitation of an activity they had done earlier in the month) and then walking away.
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Keanu Reeves as Nelson Moss
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Charlize Theron as Sara Deever
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Jason Isaacs as Chaz
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Greg Germann as Vince
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Lauren Graham as Angelica
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Liam Aiken as Abner
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Frank Langella as Edgar Price
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Michael Rosenbaum as Brandon/Brandy
