Still Alice (2014)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 101 minuten
Country:
United States / United Kingdom / France
Directed by: Richard Glatzer
Stars: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin and Kristen Stewart
IMDb score:
7,5 (150.082)
Releasedate: 5 December 2014
Still Alice plot
"Live in the moment."
Alice Howland (Moore) is a 50-year-old linguistics professor at Columbia University in New York. At the peak of her career, she has to deal with the decline of her memory. She is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and as a strong independent woman must deal with the consequences of this diagnosis that will drastically change her life.
Actors and actresses
Dr. Alice Howland
Dr. John Howland
Lydia Howland
Anna
Charlie
Tom Howland
Frederic Johnson
Dr. Benjamin
Jenny
Eric Wellman
Reviews & comments
Roger Thornhill
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- 6070 messages
- 2476 votes
Well, for a film about a variant of Alzheimer's that occurs more often or in older people, or about how someone in a deprived area would experience this film (or the disease), or about the behavior of patients in subsequent phases of the disease, you have to be elsewhere. I can understand that someone thinks: well, if only they had done this and this differently... I myself sometimes suffer from that, but to immediately start talking about a missed opportunity, well no. The film is what it is, a beautiful and sober portrait of someone who is confronted with a disease that will disrupt her entire (and still very active) life as a silent killer (apt wording of Sutherland). , and that is played very movingly by a perfect Julianne Moore and a good supporting cast.
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Onderhond
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- 87623 messages
- 12890 votes
Rather bland.
Typical illness drama, this time with Alzheimer's in the spotlight. The directors put everything into the central acting performance, otherwise this film really has very little to offer. If it doesn't catch on, unfortunately there's very little to do.
I can speak of it. Moore is also not a great actress for this role, because she is not immediately someone who plays very natural. The drama is very thick on top of it, with a lot of provoked looks and internal conflicts that have to be communicated externally in all kinds of ways. After a while it started to irritate me.
As said, there is not much else to experience. The secondary roles are fairly identityless, visually it is very boring, and the soundtrack does not know any added value at any time. It just feels too easy and too gratuitous. As if making a good movie equals choosing a tragic illness and then hoping it all turns out okay.
1.5*
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Don Homer
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- 510 messages
- 1297 votes
Good theme that deserves a better fate than this script.
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