Now Is Good

Now Is Good
UK theatrical release poster
Directed byOl Parker
Screenplay byOl Parker
Based onBefore I Die
by Jenny Downham
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyErik Wilson
Edited byPeter Lambert
Music byDustin O'Halloran
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures (United Kingdom)
Release dates
  • 31 August 2012 (2012-08-31) (Chichester International Film Festival)
  • 19 September 2012 (2012-09-19) (United Kingdom)
Running time
103 minutes[1]
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.3 million[3]

Now Is Good is a 2012 teen romantic drama film written and directed by Ol Parker, based on the 2007 novel Before I Die by Jenny Downham.[4] The film, which stars Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine and Paddy Considine, centres on Tessa, a teenage girl who is dying of leukaemia and tries to enjoy her remaining life as much as she possibly can.[5]

The film was released in cinemas in the United Kingdom on 19 September 2012 by Warner Bros. Pictures.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference norwich-evening-news was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Now Is Good (2012)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Now Is Good (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  4. ^ Hawken, Spencer (September 2012). "Interview With Ol Parker – Director of Now Is Good". Views From The Edge. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  5. ^ Smith, Anna (17 September 2012). "Now Is Good Review". Empire. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  6. ^ "INTERVIEW: Dakota Fanning on Playing A Young Girl Dying In 'Now Is Good' – 'We Actually Had A Lot of Fun'". HuffPost. UK. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2023.