Still Alice (2014)

I assume that there must have been a lot more backstory in the book that was left out of the movie because, if that isn't the case, there's no way anyone should’ve thought there was enough here to make a compelling movie.

Only little pieces of Alice's life “before” were shown, so it was difficult to know if the tragedy extended beyond the fact of Alice, an intellectual, succumbing to a disease that takes away memories. Do she and her husband love each other? I don’t know. It seems like they were rarely in the same city and he behaved in a more annoyed than devastated manner as her disease progressed. Do she and her elder daughter have a decent relationship? Again, no idea.

If you want to break my heart, you have to touch it first.

C-