Title: Still Alice
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Richard Glatzer
Starring: Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

What It Is: Alice Howland seems to have it all a supportive husband loving children who are old enough to be out of her hair, and she’s tech the pinnacle of her career as a linguistics professor at the heralded Columbia University. When she’s diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimer’s it turns Alice’s life upside down and she slowly realizes the thing that had for so long been her biggest ally was now deceiving her…her mind

What We Think: This is a fantastic character study of how disease effects the family dynamic. We see the struggle Alice goes through as she simultaneously tries to slow the process of and deal with her deteriorating mentality. Alec Baldwin as he did in last year’s Blue Jasmine is playing the husband to the woman whom I think is taking home the Oscar, and probably most of the other big awards. Last year he was Cate Blanchett’s conniving husband in the Woody Allen film. This year he’s Julianne Moore’s loving doctor husband. As for Moore, yeah she’s good. Real good. She bring such humanity to Alice and you really feel for the character as you watch. It rips at your humanity in a sympathetic nature that doesn’t feel forced or fake just 100% genuine tragedy.

Our Grade: A-Shout out to Kristen Stewart who once again shows she has some chops. Though Moore could’ve carried this thing herself she’s the type that makes everyone better and that’s what happened here as the supporting characters were realistic and believable. Glatzers direction was subtle so much so you felt like a fly on the wall of Alice’s most intimidate moments. Simply brilliant!