Review of Lovely, Still (2009) by Jay N — 03 Dec 2010
(It is a love story to Omaha looking beautiful at the holidays) Lovely Still is not a movie about an older man finding love for the first time at the holidays! Its an intriguing story from the perspective of the gentleman and yes, the viewer does start to feel "trapped" by his personal limitations and at the same time, the viewer can't quite put their finger on why--until the very last few scenes.
At this time it is revealed to the viewer that the gentleman has Alzheimers and his social isolation, personal limitations, paranoia and childlike behaviorisms are a reflection of that. His family surrounds him the entire time, but the disease is the filter by which he connects or rather doesn't connect.
Its a very very effective method of unwittingly experiencing this from the inside. I found it painful yet intriguing.
This review of Lovely, Still (2009) was written by Jay N on 03 Dec 2010.
Lovely, Still has generally received positive reviews.
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