Still Alice (2014)

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Blistering performances.

Still Alice is so emotional and sensible in dealing with the disease and our protagonist which Julianne Moore nailed it and reflected it's sequence of getting more and more into the Alzheimer disease and the movie is very emotional and it's sequence was quite sensible and proper for a person suffering from the disease. The movie failed to use the character better than this as it was overall very average in all of it's components but for Moore who did a great job and might have been 2014's best performance. 6.5/10

I had this film for a long time before I watched it. When I heard about it I wanted to go see it. But knowing the subject matter I wasn't crazy about the certainty of crying non stop in the cinema.I don't personally know anybody that had or has Alzheimer's. So I can only view this film through my imagined idea of what it would be like to be part of a family that this terrible condition touches. From my narrow viewpoint I think that the cast and crew did a fantastic job in demonstrating in a more passive way how it affects the family. Their part of the story is important but the film doesn't go out of its way to over dramatise every possible conflict that will arise from living with someone that has Alzheimer's.I also felt and rightly so, that the more important point was to focus on Alice herself. Julianne Moore in my mind does a fantastic job in taking the viewer along with her.I passed over this film numerous times knowing how it would make me feel. Ever since I saw Iris I knew from past experience that this would be a difficult film to watch. While Iris brought a more turbulent narrative to the screen and reflected how monstrous and destructive Alzheimer's is. Still Alice offered an additional focus. How it can hit a younger person and how devastatingly quickly it can dismantle a mind.I have watched it now and can now recommend it to others. But I doubt I will ever watch it again.Not because it isn't an impressive piece of story telling! But because in the words of Chandler Bing. "It's like someone literally wrote down my worst nightmare and then charged me $32 to see it!"It is important for these stories to be told.

Two reasons, pushed me to watch the movie - Incomplete achievement "Highlights 2015 Oscars", and, in fact, the very same Oscar for the main female role, which went to Julianne Moore.Movies about bodily ailments are always incredibly piercing and watch them simply impossible. Sometimes awareness of the problem prevails over the artistic value of the tape and hides all the shortcomings. "Still Alice" - оne of these and tells us the story of very smart woman who was struck by Alzheimer's disease.The game of actors, led by Julianne Moore, is quite worthy of attention. I must admit, her heroine came out theatrical-exemplary. From manners and movement, to extinction, blunt points of view, gray eyes and phlegmatic mood.It would be very interesting to see how the personality is destroyed by the deposition of amyloid in the brain, but instead we were given a tape with mediocre dialogs, not remembered. The film is full of a lot of secondary moments, which could be abandoned, making the narrative less tractable. So, the action on the screen and the dialogues are realistic, there is no doubt that everything that happens, but the work of art itself turned out to be boring and uninteresting. Psychologically the film is much weaker than others about people with disabilities.As a result, the film is interesting, although not the best. It is quite suitable for viewing alone or with loved ones.

Diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's Disease, a middle aged university professor tries to deal with the increasing confusion and uncertainty that comes with the condition in this emotionally charged drama. Best known for the fact that it won Julianne Moore what many considered to be an overdue Oscar, she is very good here and quite likely richly deserved to win. Moore captures the gradual stages of neurological decline with remarkable finesse and the writing/directing team of Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland afford her several moments to shine. An especially effective sequence has her enter her home and go from room to room in search of the bathroom, only to find herself in a near labyrinthine maze, opening and reopening doors that she has already tested. The first doctor's appointment that we see might be Moore's best scene though as the camera lingers on her face for minutes on end with a disembodied doctor's voice that is seen but never heard. Where the film disappoints though is in the depiction of the impact on Moore's family. She has three adult children, but we only ever get to know one in any real depth and while Alec Baldwin has several strong moments as her concerned husband, there are some odd moments in which we are unsure whether he cares more about his job, yet this angle then just fades away towards the end. It is a minor issue though in what is overall a touching, scary and thought-provoking film. Just what would it be like to lose your sense of personal identity altogether? Food for thought for sure.