Brilliant and touching

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

it was a very informative, understanding of what happens to someone in first stages of alzheimers,I watch it when I was studying to become a nurse's aide so it impacted me ever since & have been looking for it so I can watch it again after all this time I can still remember almost everything about this movie.

The best movie about Alzheimer's illness and how it affects the whole family. Joanne Woodward unforgettable role for which she received her Emmi's award.It is unfortunate how the "Still Alice" script is similar to this "Do You Remember Love" story, and as a movie, it is just a shadow of the impression, warmth, and humanity that was achieved in "Do You Remember Love".Sometime around 1990. I watched the movie on TV and learned about the name of the illness. My mom did not get a proper diagnosis for years even though the fist symptoms were showing up when she was only 52. If anyone knows how to obtain a copy of this movie, PLEASE, HELP! Thank you in advance. Zana

Do You Remember Love (1985)*** (out of 4) Joanne Woodward picked up her third Emmy win for this TV movie where she plays a poet/teacher who is slowly losing her battle with Alzheimer's disease. Richard Kiley plays her husband who must come to terms with the fact that he doesn't recognize the woman he originally fell in love with. The performances by the two leads are what really makes this film worth seeing as it's screenplay doesn't really have enough working for it to the movie to really succeed but fans of the two stars are going to get plenty here to make the film worth watching. Woodward really shines in her role as she is forced to play all sorts of different emotions and feelings as her character goes through a lot throughout the film. She has to play it bright, quiet and intelligent but then change on a dime to someone more abusive and argumentative. I thought Woodward did a terrific job at not being overly stagy or fake and I found every note of her performance to hit the right mark. She's so believable in the role that you never feel like you're watching an actress but instead you feel as if you're seeing a documentary about someone with the disease. I've read several reviews that seem to overlook Kiley but that's a shame because he's just as impressive. The scene where he finally crashes and loses his cool about having to take care of someone who acts like they're two years old is extremely effective. I think the biggest problem with the film is its screenplay, which doesn't do that good of a job with the supporting characters. I found most of the supporting characters to be extremely poorly written because they're just used as one-dimensional items. We have the son who is staying away because he's scared. We have the mom who just wants to know what's going on. We have the co-worker who is jealous of her success and wants to see her fail. All of this would be fine but the characters just pop up to give speeches or minor melodrama that never really works. Still, the two lead performances are why people are going to be drawn to this film and they're reason alone to watch the film.

The plot is maudlin, but the performance by Ms Woodward is the best *ever* performance of someone acting as mentally ill. I spent a couple of years of my professional life observing patients with dementia as they sank further into mental oblivion and Ms Woodward was so convincing I found myself at several points reaching for a note pad to make case notes. The classic mistake often made by actors portraying people with dementia is either to look vacant or act forgetful. Both are part of what's required, of course, but there is a great deal of subtlety required as well and Ms Woodward is more than up to the task. It's not the happiest movie you'll ever see, but the failure to release this gem on DVD while a plethora of lesser drivel gets released on a daily basis is a great pity.