Still Alice

"Live in the moment."

2014 1h 41m EN

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7.5

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★7.5TMDB · 3,361

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“Live in the moment.”

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Cast

Julianne Moore
Alice Howland
Kate Bosworth
Anna Howland-Jones
Shane McRae
Charlie Howland-Jones
Hunter Parrish
Tom Howland
Alec Baldwin
John Howland
Seth Gilliam
Frederic Johnson
Kristen Stewart
Lydia Howland
Stephen Kunken
Dr. Benjamin

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Wash Westmoreland
Writers: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
Languages: English
Countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 9.0× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Wash Westmoreland, shot by Denis Lenoir. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ilan Eshkeri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nicolas Chaudeurge shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Julianne Moore and Kate Bosworth and Shane McRae carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Live in the moment.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Wash Westmoreland directs. Denis Lenoir behind the camera. Ilan Eshkeri scores. Nicolas Chaudeurge cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in France, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 9.0× over at the box office.
2Released 12 years ago.
3International production across 3 countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Directed by Wash Westmoreland, shot by Denis Lenoir. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Ilan Eshkeri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Nicolas Chaudeurge shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Julianne Moore and Kate Bosworth and Shane McRae carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Live in the moment.".
9IMDB entry: tt3316960 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "mother", "amnesia", "based on novel or book", "professor".
11Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Denis Lenoir
Original score: Ilan Eshkeri
Editing: Nicolas Chaudeurge
Production design: Tommaso Ortino
Costume design: Stacey Battat
Makeup / hair: Jeong-Hwa Fonkalsrud
Sound: Leslie Shatz
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,000,000
Box office: $44,779,195
Return: 896% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Still Alice (2014)

Awards

Academy Award for Best Actress

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mattwilde1232017-03-09
★ 7/10
'Still Alice' is a film that boasts a remarkable central performance from Julianne Moore. It tells the story of a University linguistics professor (Moore) as she is diagnosed a rare form of Auzheimer's disease. Richard Glatzer's direction of the movie can be viewed as a parallel to his own life and personal struggle as he lived with ALS disease. 'Still Alice' is full of emotive shots as the characters show care and support to Moore as she tries to continue juggling her career and family life with the disease. Aspects such as the music and cinematography is given a very straight-forward approach to allow the actors' performances to tell the story and to add a true to life direction. Based on the novel of the same name written by Lisa Genova, the screenplay is very faithfully adapted. The film really focuses on the story and the dialogue between the characters and some scenes and interactions are extremely moving thanks to how well it is written. Julianne Moore is perfect as the main character. She portrays her struggle with the disease with so much inner strength and dignity. Moore is supported by a solid cast such as Alec Baldwin and Kristen Stewart but are outshone by her brilliant performance. Overall, 'Still Alice' is a very good film. It is very touching and moving tale about coping with such a life changing and destructive disease. However, it seems to only be memorable due to Julianne Moore's incredible acting. ★★★½
CinemaSerf2025-03-19
★ 7/10
At the ripe old age of fifty, renowned American linguist “Alice” (Julianne Moore) is at the top of her game and looking forward to a married life with three grown up children and a grand-child. Then she starts noticing that she is becoming a little forgetful. Those climbing the stairs then forgetting why you went up in the first place moments start to become more regular. She can’t recall the words for her lectures and presentations, indeed she can’t always even recall the topic she is supposed to be speaking about. These aren’t complete memory blackouts, but they concern her enough to go to doctor who confirms that she has early-onset Alzheimer’s. Her husband (Alec Baldwin) and her children rally around her, they do what they can, but in the end it is the distressing dismantling of a life that Moore presents quite poignantly here as her character’s illness worsens and it’s effects on her family resonate quite profoundly. The children themselves prove quite useful in portraying the differing responses to the illness, with independently-minded daughter “Lydia” (Kristen Stewart) who is already having a tempestuous relationship with her mother being one of the powerful litmus tests offered by auteur Richard Glatzer as they come to terms with the situation. There’s an especially effective scene where she essentially creates a trap-door, or exit strategy, for herself and that illustrates just how difficult it is for someone who’s life has always relied on her cerebral abilities, being gradually eroded to the point where reason becomes something blurred and complicated. It does flirt a little with sentimentality, but for the most part it is a thought-provoking, slightly observational, drama that raised quite a few question about our own mortality.