Still Alice (2015)

Still Alice is an emotional journey with an exceptional performance from its entire cast.

Still Alice tells the story of a linguistics professor hit with early onset Alzheimers. The films leads you into this by highlighting minor issues.  This allows room for the audience to realise something is wrong, without knowing whether or not it is serious.

The cinematography helps with this feeling as every time the character of Alice is losing a part of herself, the surroundings blur. It gives the audience a glimpse into what occurs

The role of Alice is deftly performed by Julianne Moore. Her performance range is well explored as her character devolves over time. She is well supported by Alec Baldwin who does a stellar job as her burdened husband. The cast is rounded out with wonderful performances from Kristen Stewart, Hunter Parish, Kate Bosworth and Shane Macrae as her children and their partner (Macrae).

At one point in this movie my eyes were welling with tears. The mental anguish that the character hit a nerve.

This story is so well done and following the one character alone added to the impact on the audience. Even though the film solely follows the one character, the other characters are given space to grow on the side as opposed to solely being reactionary.

This film is an excellent example of how to take a sensitive subject and make a touching movie which can begin a conversation.

Number of times I looked at my watch: Zero

Recommendation: See this film.

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