NEW RELEASE DVD RECOMMENDATION – STILL ALICE (2014)

A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. — IMDB

MY REVIEW: STILL ALICE is brilliantly delicate and disturbing story about a woman at the height of her intellectual powers who is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Julianne Moore is excellent as Alice as she slowly succumbs to the steady progress of her condition which wipes out her personality. Alec Baldwin is understated as her husband and, surprisingly, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) is excellent as Alice’s daughter who connects with her mother more than anyone else in the family. This is the first movie (according to the director) which looks at Alzheimer’s through the eyes of the person experiencing it. It’s a must see that is confronting in its understated handling of a very difficult subject.