Still Alice
A brilliant linguistics professor confronts early-onset Alzheimer’s as memory loss reshapes her identity, marriage, career, and bond with her children.
Overview
A poignant exploration of love and memory in the face of an unforgiving disease.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- melancholic
- intimate
- harrowing
- quiet evening
- reflective viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film to be a sensitive and emotionally powerful illness drama elevated by Julianne Moore’s gripping central performance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Alice is a renowned linguistics professor whose memory loss increasingly interferes with lectures, language, and professional independence.
The story follows Alice’s experience of forgetting words and more, making neurological deterioration the organizing dramatic perspective.
The directors use an understated, dignified approach to Alice’s diagnosis and its consequences for her marriage and children.
Alice, John, Anna, Charlie, and Tom confront changing responsibilities while trying to preserve her dignity and connection.
Films like Still Alice, and why
The Savages
shared intimate illness drama, family conflict, emotional restraint, and focus on a central performance
Amour
shared devastating family drama, progressive neurological illness, caregiving pressures, and intimate realism
Away from Her
shared emotionally direct domestic drama about memory loss, identity, and the strain illness places on loved ones
Movie Details
- Directors
- Wash Westmoreland, Richard Glatzer
- Release Date
- 2014-12-05
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (3354)
Cast
- Julianne Moore
- Kate Bosworth
- Shane McRae
- Hunter Parrish
- Alec Baldwin
- Seth Gilliam
- Kristen Stewart
- Stephen Kunken
- Erin Darke
- Daniel Gerroll
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, FlixFling, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Still Alice about?
- A brilliant linguistics professor confronts early-onset Alzheimer’s as memory loss reshapes her identity, marriage, career, and bond with her children.
- What is Still Alice like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Still Alice as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Still Alice violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Still Alice.
- What did critics think of Still Alice?
- Critics broadly found the film to be a sensitive and emotionally powerful illness drama elevated by Julianne Moore’s gripping central performance.
- Which films are like Still Alice?
- Films with a similar feel include The Savages, Amour, and Away from Her.
- How long is Still Alice?
- Still Alice runs 101 minutes.
- Where can I watch Still Alice?
- In United States, Still Alice is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, FlixFling, Plex, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube.
