1999, USA, 89 min.<\/b><\/p>\n
Detroit sportswriter Mitch Albom\u2019s jumbled world resets when he learns that his beloved college professor, Morrie Schwartz, is dying of ALS. Despite a frantic work schedule and a rickety personal life, Albom reconnects with the fatherly professor he hasn\u2019t seen in 16 years. He goes a step further: traveling from Detroit to Boston every Tuesday during the professor\u2019s old \u201coffice hours\u201d to get lessons on \u201cThe Meaning of Life.\u201d The younger man learns to live his best life from Schwartz, whose empathetic wisdom glows brighter as the days grow more painful. \u201cDying is nothing to be worried about,\u201d Morrie advises. \u201cLiving unhappily, that\u2019s another matter.\u201d The made-for-TV movie veers toward the saccharine, but its good intentions and the sensitive performances of Jack Lemmon (in one of his final roles) and Hank Azaria more than atone. More importantly, Schwartz\u2019s lessons of love, hope and learning until the very end remain timeless. Based on Albom\u2019s 1997 memoir, which has sold more than 10 million copies and spent more than four years on the<\/span> New York Times<\/span><\/i>\u2019 best-seller list. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Detroit sportswriter Mitch Albom\u2019s jumbled world resets when he learns that his beloved college professor, Morrie Schwartz, is dying of ALS. <\/span><\/p>\n