Still Alice is mesmerising yet unnerving to watch. Julianne Moore’s Oscar win for best actress is a no brainer (no pun intended) for her accomplished and poignant portrayal as Alice Howland.

Julianna Moore plays Alice Howland a linguistics professor at Colombia who is diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimer’s and is supported by her husband played by Alex Baldwin and children played by: Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish and Kristen Stewart. At first the memory loss is just little inconsequential such as forgotten names and misplaced conversations. Once finally diagnosed the free fall into the frightening world of Alzheimer’s is revealed as a creeping fog that envelopes everything that defined who Alice was. There’s a lot of talk surrounding Kristen Stewart’s performance in this film. Whilst it shows she may have finally shaken off the Bella character from Twilight trilogy, this role is not that much of a stretch after all she is playing the youngest daughter, early 20 something. She does a fine job and she is definitely on the right trajectory but this is by no means a memorable role.

Still Alice is frightening in its’ realism and fear that what makes us unique and special are our memories. We are the sum of what we remember.

Still Alice was Written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland based on the novel by Lisa Genova. This is definitely a film to watch for the oscar winning role and the mastery of Julianne Moore although I think she was better in Map To The Stars but nevertheless it will leave you grateful for your own memories. It is still showing at selected cinemas across the UK.

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