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Still Alice

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Still Alice

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Drama starring Julianne Moore and Alec Baldwin. A linguistics professor and her family struggle to cope when she begins to lose her ability to communicate after being diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease. Based on Lisa Genova's bestselling novel.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Andrew Collins

In Hollywood, Alzheimer's conveniently tends to afflict the comfortably off or brilliantly academic, but in Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's otherwise rather coy adaptation of neuroscientist Lisa Genova's novel, Julianne Moore's Columbia University linguistics professor is diagnosed with the rare, early-onset strain. "With people who have a higher level of education, things can go faster," explains her doctor. Whether losing her thread mid-lecture or forgetting where she is while jogging, the early premonitions are effectively and chillingly staged. But while Moore's Oscar- and Bafta-winning performance is subtle, dignified and intelligent, Alec Baldwin has less to conjure with as her research physician husband - a rock who disappears into his work - and their adult children (Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish, Kristen Stewart) are mere cut-outs. The bombshell that Mom's Alzheimer's is hereditary is brushed aside so that Moore can reclaim centre stage. She almost carries the film beyond disease-of-the-week blandness, but both Sarah Polley's Away from Her and Michael Haneke's Amour mined deeper and more surprising material from the familial fallout.

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Cast

rolenameDr Alice HowlandJulianne MooreJohn HowlandAlec BaldwinLydia HowlandKristen StewartAnnaKate BosworthTom HowlandHunter ParrishEric WellmanDaniel GerrollDr BenjaminStephen KunkenCharlie Howland-JonesShane McRae

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rolenameDirectorRichard GlatzerDirectorWash Westmoreland

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Theatrical distributor

Artificial Eye

Released on

2015-03-06

Languages

English

Guidance

Some swearing

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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