Still Alice

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Still Alice

PG-13

2015

1h 37m

Drama

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Dr. Alice Howland (Julianne Moore) is a renowned linguistics professor at Columbia University. When words begin to escape her and she starts becoming lost on her daily jogs, Alice must come face-to-face with a devastating diagnosis: early-onset Alzheimer's disease. As the once-vibrant woman struggles to hang on to her sense of self for as long as possible, Alice's three grown children must watch helplessly as their mother disappears more and more with each passing day.

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Critics Consensus

Elevated by a gripping performance from Julianne Moore, Still Alice is a heartfelt drama that honors its delicate themes with bravery and sensitivity.

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Molly Haskell

Film Comment Magazine

02/15/2017

It's the intent of this moving film to capture something that for obvious reasons is rarely attempted in memoir or movie, i.e., the experience of the deadly disease from the perspective of the sufferer rather than the caregivers.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

03/08/2015

4/5

The subject matter may be tough, and the end-point inevitable, but the message we take away is defiant and ultimately uplifting.

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

03/06/2015

3/5

Writer-directors Glatzer and Westmoreland have written a rich, multi-layered screenplay that works equally well as family melodrama and as a meditation on language, identity and mortality.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 31

4/5

The balance of heartbreak and hope for everyone is extremely compelling.

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Diana Tuova

Spotlight on Film

08/09/2024

4.5/5

The merit of the film lies in its ability to dramatise so very delicately, movingly and powerfully a story of one woman’s battle with an incurable illness.

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Tania Hussain

The Hudsucker

07/28/2024

Watching [Julianne Moore] in a role like this is not just moving, but because she plays it so faultlessly, you can’t help but feel that you know her and are a part of her in every scene.

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Bill T.

@btreakle 3d

“Still Alice “This film starring julianna Moore Alec Baldwin and Kristen Stewart was a very good film about the disease of Alzheimer’s.talking about a college professor who was at the top of her field one of the smartest people that you may have ever met Had the misfortune of acquiring Alzheimer’s at a very young age and this is her story. The story of love sacrifice and all that it entails and a family when this dreaded disease it becomes a focus of a loving family. This was a very good film and one of the better roles that I’ve seen Kristen Stewart Alec Baldwin and of course julianna Moore ever perform. This movie is appropriate for all ages and one that I think you should watch as a family.

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진이 JINI

@bellangiee Jan 8

Such a Beautiful movie!

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Wendel L

@BRZRKR Dec 20

Direção: Ok Atuação: Bom Roteiro: Bom Caracterização: Ok Soundtrack: Ok

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Horror fan 4

Nov 16

My favorite movie of 2014. Julianne Moores best performance in my opinion. I cried my eyes out. Tim Treakle

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Jon G

Oct 12

A great, moving movie

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Mike P

May 31

Beautiful humanistic tear-jerker about English Professor Julianne Moore's descent into mental oblivion as she develops Alzheimer's at a young age. And then the family is challenged in terms of who will step up; and who will betray her; since she desperately needs a caregiver to survive at that point. It's all beautiful and heartbreaking; anchored by Moore's amazing performance. Kristen Stewart steps up too this time; and her line, "Don't worry Mom. I've got you," will have you reaching for your crying towell. The last scene where Kristen feeds the infantilized Moore is also very moving and heartbreaking. Overall an excellent showcase for superb acting! For similarly themed movies try: Awakenings and Charlie. The Elvis Costello humanist-ballad of 1989 "Veronica" is also the spiritual cousin of this fine film. I definitely recommend this.

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Synopsis

Dr. Alice Howland (Julianne Moore) is a renowned linguistics professor at Columbia University. When words begin to escape her and she starts becoming lost on her daily jogs, Alice must come face-to-face with a devastating diagnosis: early-onset Alzheimer's disease. As the once-vibrant woman struggles to hang on to her sense of self for as long as possible, Alice's three grown children must watch helplessly as their mother disappears more and more with each passing day.

Director: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
Producer: Lex Lutzus, James Brown, Pamela Koffler
Screenwriter: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Shriver Films, Killer Films, Lutzus-Brown, Big Indie Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Language|A Sexual Reference|Mature Thematic Material)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 16, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.8M
Runtime: 1h 37m

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