Admirable film.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

I found the premise intriguing, and it's something I'm surprised hasn't been tackled so often on the big screen. Alzheimer's is an incredibly tragic disease that even to this day is poorly understood, and it seems an obvious go-to to base a story around. The thought of losing memories and cognitive abilities is one that terrifies me and many others, and is undoubtedly an incredible struggle to those who suffer from it.This is kind of a hard film to watch as it goes on as the titular Alice goes through the degenerative effects of her unfortunate condition. I personally don't have much experience in dealing with people with Alzheimer's or Dementia, but from what little experience I do have I felt Julianne Moore's performance encapsulates what this disease does to those affected and those close to them. As the film goes on, she gets less mentally stable, more disoriented, more forgetful, and more depressed as her condition gets worse, and this is even juxtaposed as she leaves a video memo for herself in the future to commit suicide should her condition get worse, and the difference between her in the memo and her in the present is clear as day. She becomes an absolute wreck by the end of it, and it's a shame since there's really nothing that can be done to fix it. Many big issues are tackled throughout the story, such as Alice's guilt upon learning she has passed her condition on to her daughter, even though she had no way of knowing she could have had this rare version of Alzheimer's considering her parents had died too early on for it to have been known to her. There is excellent chemistry between Alice and her daughter Lydia throughout the film, and the film ends with a touching, even if bittersweet moment between them. Just about anything that can go wrong does go wrong throughout the story, yet it remains realistically hopeful while diving into seriously dark themes.I would highly recommend this film to those who like drama. It's a very good film in general with an interesting premise, talented actors, and effective execution, and a fulfilling story that's handled with proper care.

'Still Alice' is a film that boasts a remarkable central performance from Julianne Moore. It tells the story of a University linguistics professor (Moore) as she is diagnosed a rare form of Auzheimer's disease.Richard Glatzer's direction of the movie can be viewed as a parallel to his own life and personal struggle as he lived with ALS disease. 'Still Alice' is full of emotive shots as the characters show care and support to Moore as she tries to continue juggling her career and family life with the disease. Aspects such as the music and cinematography is given a very straight-forward approach to allow the actors' performances to tell the story and to add a true to life direction.Based on the novel of the same name written by Lisa Genova, the screenplay is very faithfully adapted. The film really focuses on the story and the dialogue between the characters and some scenes and interactions are extremely moving thanks to how well it is written.Julianne Moore is perfect as the main character. She portrays her struggle with the disease with so much inner strength and dignity. Moore is supported by a solid cast such as Alec Baldwin and Kristen Stewart but are outshone by her brilliant performance.Overall, 'Still Alice' is a very good film. It is very touching and moving tale about coping with such a life changing and destructive disease. However, it seems to only be memorable due to Julianne Moore's incredible acting. I have given this film a final rating of 3.5 stars.

This indie movie is about a woman who recently found out that she was with Alzheimer's disease. The diagnose gradually changed her attitudes towards life. At that moment, she had a successful career as a PhD in Columbia University and also owned a perfect family. Memories fading away, she made several decisions, including spent more time with her family, made a speech in front of a group of Alzheimer patients and recorded a video to instruct herself to suicide. On the one hand, the movies shot the process which the decisions came up in Alice's mind and formed finally. On the other hand, Alice's family also experienced a series of changes. The lines which I remembered most clearly is from Alice's speech at the Alzheimer's Association - "But I still have moments in the day of pure happiness and joy. And please do not think that I am suffering, I am not suffering. I am struggling, struggling to be a part of things, to stay connected to who I once was. So, living in the moment I tell myself". Living in the moment, that is the exact gist I analyzed from this movie. It is also the most moving character of the heroine. It is hard to imagine such optimism out of Alice, such a sympathetic woman that everything she had worked for in her entire life was going. Superficially, the movie is talking about losing. The true purpose underneath is reminding people of what we used to own and enjoy the precious present. You can never predict which one between incidence and opportunity will come in the first place. By appreciating the present may we be able to live an optimistic life and make something with virtue.

From Beginning till end, this movie broke my heart.It's like a precipitous slope of depression, getting worse and worse as the film progresses. The happy moments are few, and the real moments are there through the majority of the film. Kristen Stewart does better ads a supporting actress than a lead in my opinion. Julianne Moore was fabulous as Alice, and there is one scene in particular toward the end that the two share that pretty much defines the film. Excellent, But heart breaking. Be emotionally prepared to be sad.