Still (2023)
Genre: Documentary / Biography
Duration: 95 minuten
Alternative title: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Country:
United States
Directed by: Davis Guggenheim
Stars: Michael J. Fox, Danny Irizarry and Andrew Barber
IMDb score:
8,1 (17.855)
Releasedate: 20 January 2023
Still plot
At the age of sixteen, an undersized boy landed a role in a Canadian television show. Confident that he could make it in the United States, he moved into a small apartment in the slums of Beverly Hills. Three years later, he was struggling to make ends meet and was ready to retire. But then came his breakout roles: Alex P. Keaton in the sitcom "Family Ties" and Marty McFly in the "Back to the Future" trilogy. A superstar, Michael J. Fox dominated the industry for most of the 1980s and 1990s, but a Parkinson's diagnosis at age 29 threatened to derail his career. In this documentary, Fox reveals his story with his own and new work and tells it in a playful way with intimacy, candor and humor.
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scorsese
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- 13237 messages
- 11127 votes
Good documentary about Michael J. Fox. A playful setup in which Michael tells his own story supported by well-chosen archive material and partly as a film. In addition to his successful career as an actor, his illness (Parkinson) is of course also treated (where you get to see how he deals with this in daily life). Easily 3.5 stars.
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james_cameron
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- 7060 messages
- 9827 votes
Beautiful documentary, often very funny, about the life and career of Canadian actor Michael J. Fox. The best man's humor compensates for the visible misery that Fox's Parkinson's disease, diagnosed at the age of 29, entails. The disconcerting glimpse into his life is portrayed in a playful and inventive way, supplemented by candid interviews. In terms of career, the documentary largely focuses on Family Ties and Back To The Future, which is understandable but a pity, since his excellent work in, for example, Casualties Of War and The Frighteners is not discussed. Apart from that very much worth it.
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blurp194
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- 5543 messages
- 4226 votes
Alex P. Keaton - was he a model for the career up with his perpetual tie, or a caricature of it. Maybe both at the same time. Difficult to comprehend how much influence Michael J. Fox has had with his roles, and this documentary gives a nice nostalgic overview of that - although something is missing. Perhaps a rights issue.
It is striking how much MJF has changed since the days of Family Ties and Back to the Future. But also still recognizably the same - for example in the timing of his delivery. It's great how he copes with his illness and keeps himself going - and has been doing so since the first signs. If you pay close attention you can recognize something of that if you look back at one of his old movies with that insight - I looked up Doc Hollywood for that.
All in all, a nice retrospective about an actor who may have slipped a bit from memory, but certainly doesn't deserve it.
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