Overview
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
It’s always a little bit weird to be grading movies like this because part of the grade probably should be related to the enjoyment of watching the film. However, because of the gravity of the subject matter on some level it seems wrong to grade it in terms of the entertainment value. Does the film do a great job of showing the progression of Alzheimer’s on both the victim and the family? You bet. I’ve been through all of this in the last few years and everything that happened was extremely familiar. Julianne Moore is as good as you would expect her to be in this role. But in terms of entertainment… nothing great here. You know how the movie is going to end and the journey – while triumphant at times – is a sad one. It’s a tough watch on a friday night, not just because of the subject matter but also because there really isn’t that much going on in the movie. While the film keeps things moving it really isn’t a great watch.
While Moore was excellent I think that Kristen Steward and Alec Baldwin had very difficult roles in that they had to be very much in the background. Stewart pulled that off well, Baldwin not so much.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Still Alice
Movie title: Still Alice
Movie description: Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
Date published: 2021-09-03
Director(s): Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
Actor(s): Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Shane McRae, Hunter Parrish, Seth Gilliam, Stephen Kunken, Erin Darke, Daniel Gerroll, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Maxine Prescott, Orlagh Cassidy, Rosa Arredondo, Zillah Glory, Cat Lynch, Eha Urbsalu, Victoria Cartagena
Genre: Drama
My Review
It’s always a little bit weird to be grading movies like this because part of the grade probably should be related to the enjoyment of watching the film. However, because of the gravity of the subject matter on some level it seems wrong to grade it in terms of the entertainment value. Does the film do a great job of showing the progression of Alzheimer’s on both the victim and the family? You bet. I’ve been through all of this in the last few years and everything that happened was extremely familiar. Julianne Moore is as good as you would expect her to be in this role. But in terms of entertainment… nothing great here. You know how the movie is going to end and the journey – while triumphant at times – is a sad one. It’s a tough watch on a friday night, not just because of the subject matter but also because there really isn’t that much going on in the movie. While the film keeps things moving it really isn’t a great watch.
While Moore was excellent I think that Kristen Steward and Alec Baldwin had very difficult roles in that they had to be very much in the background. Stewart pulled that off well, Baldwin not so much.
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My Review - 7/10
7/10