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www.ew.com - : The title would appear to describe the benefits of owning a very large puppy. The production values are amateurish. The musical score is mushy. The 3-D animation sequences are sentimental. Indeed, everything about the documentary 39 Pounds of Love shouts cute except the subject, Ami Ankilewitz, a 34-year-old man with a rare form of muscular dystrophy. When he was first diagnosed, his doctor told the 1-year-old's mother that her son probably wouldn't live past the age of 6. And now here he is 33 years later, sipping whiskey through a straw, sporting a Harley Davidson tattoo on an arm barely the width of two fingers, and pining with love — adult, untenable love — for the pretty young Romanian woman hired to clean and carry all 39 pounds of him. more...
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www.themoviechicks.com - : Ami Ankilewitz suffers from a rare form of muscular dystrophy that has wasted his body away to a mere 39 pounds and limited his mobility down to a single finger on his left hand. Despite these physical challenges, Ami has a strong will to live and beat the odds, surpassing the doctor’s prediction that he wouldn’t live past the age of 6. more...
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : When Ami Ankilewitz was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a doctor told his parents he might live for six years; we join him in Tel Aviv at his 34th birthday party. He is the thinnest human being I have ever seen, the skin on his arm so tightly wrapped around the bone that only the center of a Harley-Davidson tattoo is visible. His life force is fierce and adamant. more...
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