Starring: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart.
Plot: A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
I have wanted to see this film for a while now after all the awards Julianne won for this character, Alice Howland. At the start, her life is perfect. Loving husband, loving family and a brilliant job with great success. And then you see it all go wrong. She starts to forget the little things you know she would remember. With that, you see the emotion Julianne brings into the character with her scenes with her husband (Alec Baldwin) when you see that it is getting worse. One of my favourite scenes is with her daughter, Lydia (Kristen Stewart). Although, all of their scenes together truly captivate the battle between mother and daughter fighting and helping the disease together. Also, another scene is Alice making a speech the Alzheimer's Association and how she has to highlight her lines off she doesn't have to keep repeating the same line. She acknowledges the struggle that people with this disease suffer with and how people in society treat them. "I am not suffering. I am struggling. Struggling to be a part of things, to stay connected to whom I once was"
This film is brilliant and shows everyone the struggle that people with Alzheimer's are facing. Julianne Moore really does give a brilliant, captivating performance.
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