2014 · drama
Still Alice
Directed by Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland1h 41m2014
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.
Our read: Still Alice (2014) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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