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.
While it's no surprise that Moore is so good, "Still Alice" has an unexpected trick up its sleeve: the sweetly gentle performance of Kristen Stewart, as Alice's actress daughter Lydia.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
29 Jan 2015
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A modest drama, but Moore's heart-wrenching and Oscar-nominated performance makes this a must-see.
– Rafer Guzman,
Newsday,
29 Jan 2015
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The movie is harrowing, as any story about Alzheimer's should be, but Moore gives it an extra layer of gravity and heartbreaking inevitability.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan 2015
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Sorrow-laden and moving, Still Alice isn't gratuitously grim nor is it easily sentimental. There's humor here -- vaguely gallows-like, perhaps but also earned.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
23 Jan 2015
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The great strength of the film is that it never resorts to cheap sentimentality. The facts themselves are hard enough, crushing enough.