Still Alice 2014
- Director: Glatzer and Westmoreland
- Based on the book by Lisa Genova
- Cast: Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Julianne Moore – many
- Kirsten Stewart – Clouds over Sils Maria, Twilight, The Runaways, Welcome to the Rileys, Jumper, Into the Wilds, Undertow
- Alec Baldwin - A Star Is Born, BlacKkKlansman, The Aviator, Glengarry Glen Ross, Beetlejuice
- Why? Book and subject.
- Seen: 5 February 2024
Alice (Moore) is a renowned linguistics
professor with a loving husband (Baldwin), also a professor, and three grown
children (Stewart is the best). At the age of fifty she is diagnosed with
Alzheimer’s.
The word strikes dread in all of us. No doubt we have all experienced dementia among friends and family members. We know it is tragic. The film doesn’t offer anything new except for Moore’s phenomenal performance, on a par with Anthony Hopkins, Julie Christie and others in films about dementia. Other than Moore and Stewart though, the film has a ‘disease of the week’ tendency.
3
½ * of 5
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