Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
3.5/4
Heartbreaking Presentation of a Terrible Reality
Unknown - wrote on 03/02/2015
'Still Alice' carried more surprising emotional resonance than most all of the 2014 films I've seen. I wasn't expecting to be as affected on a personal level. I had genuine sympathy for all the characters, not just Alice (for obvious reasons). Everyone has praised Moore's terrific performance (rightfully so), yet most have said nothing more on the film as a whole. I think the story and direction work incredibly well enough on their own. I have never personally known anyone with Alzheimer's. But from what I know of the disease, I thought it was accurately portrayed here. It felt like I was looking in on a real family dealing with this terrible situation. All the fear, uncertainty, and heartbreak hit me like a punch to the gut. It worked it's way to that point, building upon the …
Rating of
3/4
Moore at her freaking best in this film
Matthew Brady - wrote on 12/19/2014
Forgetting something has to be the most annoying and stressful thing that a person could have, but losing your memory by a disease and becoming coming pretty much brain dead is even worse and this movie plays it out very well, because the movie feels real and not fake like other movies that try to do that.
The story is about a Linguistics professor in a loving marriage with three grown children starts to forget certain words. After meeting with a doctor, she receives a devastating diagnosis, one that will test the bonds between her family.
I always love it when a movie that I never know existed could make me glad I saw it and happy that it exists. I'm always looking forward to the big blockbusters that everybody's talking about and wouldn't shut up about. I always look past those …
