Still Alice

Name: Still Alice
Genre: Drama
Released: December 5, 2014
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Hunter Parrish, Julianne Moore, Kate Bosworth, Kristen Stewart

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Still Alice

Movie Details & Credits

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: December 5, 2014 | PG-13

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Hunter Parrish, Julianne Moore, Kate Bosworth, Kristen Stewart, Seth Gilliam, Shane McRae

Summary: Alice Howland (Julianne Moore), a successful Columbia University linguistics professor happily married with three grown children, struggles to maintain her mind after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s.

Director: Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 101 min

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David Hughes

Mar 2, 2015

Julianne Moore gives the performance of her career (no mean feat, given the strength of her previous work) in this heartbreaking yet life-affirming tale of a woman determined to hold onto her identity while under attack from a debilitating mental disease. Read full review

Steve Persall

Feb 11, 2015

For all of its movie-of-the-week mechanics, this is a deeply moving dramatization of what Alzheimer's does to mind and spirit, anchored by the finest performance, male or female, from any 2014 movie release. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Jan 19, 2015

Still Alice is undoubtedly a tough movie; it contains life-affirming moments but its perspective is what makes it unique. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Dec 3, 2014

Though shot in the stolidly inconspicuous style of a low-rated cable drama, Still Alice is rarely anything short of compelling, in part because its sense of progression and scale offers such a distinctively unsentimental take on the terminal-countdown tearjerker. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Jan 15, 2015

For all the movie’s honesty, the reality of Alzheimer’s disease is a lot worse than what you see in Still Alice. Perhaps directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland made a calculation as to how much an audience can take. They were right. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

Dec 5, 2014

With a combination of power and grace, Julianne Moore elevates Still Alice above its made-for-cable-television trappings, and delivers one of the more memorable performances of her career. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

Dec 3, 2014

Julianne Moore and Kristen Stewart's artful consideration of familial friction acerbated by disease, and vice versa, nearly saves Still Alice from the banality of its Lifetime-movie execution. Read full review

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MaxwellCho

Dec 6, 2014

Beautiful and powerful movie. A stripped back and realistic performance from Julianne Moore, yet it has as twice as much impact as any performance i have seen in a long time. Beautifully supported by a strong cast, the most powerful scenes are with Kristen Stewart, who plays theBeautiful and powerful movie. A stripped back and realistic performance from Julianne Moore, yet it has as twice as much impact as any performance i have seen in a long time. Beautifully supported by a strong cast, the most powerful scenes are with Kristen Stewart, who plays the free-spirited daughter that Alice has found the hardest to relate to due to their different career interests. Yet, it's Lydia who proves the most capable of supporting Alice in her time of need. There is really no need to go into any more detail. It's a simple story, well told. Sad (bring tissues) yet it is an important reminder of how lucky we are to have good health and how devastating alzheimer's can be. See it!… Expand

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themickeymose

Dec 15, 2015

Beautiful, stunning and tearjerking. I love this movie because it shows raw emotions. Julianne Moore did a very impressive job portraying a woman with Alzheimer's disease. I cried in almost all scene of the movie. I recommend y'all watching this piece of art. Heartbreaking yer gives usBeautiful, stunning and tearjerking. I love this movie because it shows raw emotions. Julianne Moore did a very impressive job portraying a woman with Alzheimer's disease. I cried in almost all scene of the movie. I recommend y'all watching this piece of art. Heartbreaking yer gives us inspiration and realizations in life.… Expand

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HaithamB

Feb 6, 2015

A great and interesting character study. Still Alice is a pleasant surprise; Julianne Moore shines bright in this film and is constant-as-a-northern-star in this film.

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imthenoob

Nov 24, 2018

The journey of Alice as she slowly slips into early-onset Alzheimers is a tough one to watch because of Moore's amazingly realistic performance. She more than desire any and all praise she received for her role and I'll give a shout to Baldwin as well because he did a great job playingThe journey of Alice as she slowly slips into early-onset Alzheimers is a tough one to watch because of Moore's amazingly realistic performance. She more than desire any and all praise she received for her role and I'll give a shout to Baldwin as well because he did a great job playing Alice's husband. I guess Moore's powerhouse performance just overshadowed him but that's how it is when you are up against one of the best performances of the year.

So with that compelling story and great acting by the cast, It really does make Still Alice a must watch. My only issue with the film was that the pacing kind of dips in and out, Especially in the second half.… Expand

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Brent_Marchant

Jan 18, 2015

A terrific vehicle for lead actress Julianne Moore, who gives one of the best performances of her career, and a highly informative and enlightening examination of a truly heartbreaking health condition. However, nearly everything and everyone else on the periphery of these elements feels aA terrific vehicle for lead actress Julianne Moore, who gives one of the best performances of her career, and a highly informative and enlightening examination of a truly heartbreaking health condition. However, nearly everything and everyone else on the periphery of these elements feels a little underdeveloped, which doesn't exactly encourage audience involvement with the story or the characters to the degree one would think a film like this would engender. Overall, a good film, but one that doesn't quite ascend to the level of greatness to which it aspires.… Expand

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inaneswine

Nov 14, 2017

A good film that deals with its topic maturely and sensitively, Julianne Moore carries her character gracefully and wholly convincingly. I also don't want to pass up the opportunity to give Kristen Stewart some rare praise, as she takes on a role far better suited to her than most, though itA good film that deals with its topic maturely and sensitively, Julianne Moore carries her character gracefully and wholly convincingly. I also don't want to pass up the opportunity to give Kristen Stewart some rare praise, as she takes on a role far better suited to her than most, though it isn't an overwhelmingly challenging one.

It's unfortunate that in spite of the film's overall integrity, there are some scenes that look like they were extracted directly from a Lifetime daytime TV movie. Otherwise, the film is a fairly simple but most effective examination of Alzheimer's Disease.… Expand

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RockWolf

Feb 28, 2015

I want my money back. This was the most depressing film we attended this year or last. There was no real emotions shown by the actors or actress. The film used may be recyclable. Having family the suffers from metal illness from aging this movie did not speak to that or the future.

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