Still Alice
PG-13 · 2014 ‧ Drama/Melodrama ‧ 1h 41m
Dr. Alice Howland (Julianne Moore) is a renowned linguistics professor at Columbia University. When words begin to escape her and she starts becoming lost on her daily jogs, Alice must come face-to-face with a devastating diagnosis: early-onset...
Release date: December 5, 2014 (USA)
Directors: Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics
Adapted from: Still Alice
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Is the movie Still Alice about Alzheimer's?
Still Alice tells the story of a Columbia cognitive psychologist diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease played by Julianne Moore who in my opinion gave the best performance of her career. Kristen Stewart and Alec Baldwin also give very good performances and I think that Ms.
Is Still Alice an accurate portrayal?
While Still Alice showed accurate therapies of Alzheimer's, the speed of her deterioration didn't reflect a true early-onset Alzheimer's case, making it less informative to the general public. Stories about real diseases, like the two mentioned above, should not have to be warped for entertainment.
Is Still Alice based on a real story?
It was fiction, though Howland's story was inspired by a real person: the grandmother of Lisa Genova, the neuroscientist-turned-author whose novel the film was based on.
What happened to Alice in Still Alice?
At the end of the movie, she has lost much of her ability to communicate and needs 24/7 care which her youngest daughter courageously provides. Her other children go on with their lives as they cannot deal with the emotional pain of seeing their mother slip away.
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