Review of Still Alice (2014) by Nedryerson1 — 25 Feb 2015

Still Alice is a walk through the impact of Alzheimer’s disease, not only on the patient but also on his family. As the story goes by we see the protagonist facing the different steps of an illness: first denial about the possibility and desperation to uncertainly, second fall apart at knowing the diagnosis and third, acceptance and surrender to the disease.

Then we have the family, with each one of family members we notice distinct ways to cope. The changing of expectations on what she can or can't do, moving on with one's life, stepping aside and staying for the time remaining.

Either way it's possible to empathize with this scenario. Julianne Moore gives a brutally realistic performance, reaching unimaginable levels of depression, with a climax at the scene of the speech. The problem is the passiveness in which the story is told, making it very hard to follow, really an exhausting movie (but hey, that's life with a sick relative).