Review of Still Alice (2014) by Gary G — 10 Mar 2015
Julianne Moore delivers a brilliant performance with so much subtlety, honesty and bravery that it's just astounding.
Glatzer and Westmoreland also craft the movie with honest progression that shows not only accurate progression of the disease, but also in a way that cements it in Moore's perspective. You don't just see the good days, but, more importantly, you see the days that she remembers whether that be good or bad.
The only drawback of the film is the performance by Kristen Stewart. I'm sure she's a wonderful human being. She is, however, simply serviceable in the role, but it was very distracting, because she was in a movie occupied by predominantly award-worthy performances.
An Oscar well-earned for Julianne Moore, as well as a masterful piece of acting from almost everyone involved. I absolutely adored this emotionally involving movie!
This review of Still Alice (2014) was written by Gary G on 10 Mar 2015.
Still Alice has generally received very positive reviews.
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