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- No one dreams of the twilight transpiring in "Away From Her," but, in its words, it's not bad luck. It's just life. You can't beat life. A tenderly told tragedy about Alzheimer's Disease's erosive effects, Sarah Polley's film avoids movie-of-the-week sap. Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 25, 2010
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Using sympathy and tenderness for its characters, “Away From Her” tells the story of a marriage that drifts out of the memory of the wife, and of the husband’s efforts to deal with that fact. We have two Canadian women to thank for this film: the writer and director, Sarah Polley (born 1979), and the author of the short story that ...
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An accomplished directorial debut by Sarah Polley, Away From Her is a touching exploration of the effects of Alzheimer's, in which the tender wisdom of Polley's script is beautifully...
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- Sarah Polley
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After self-righteous 'disease of the week' movies such as Iris, it is maybe hard to imagine a riveting, nuanced love story of depth and imagination, one centred on loss of memory, but Away From Her succeeds in spades. Fiona (Julie Christie) has been married to Grant for 44 years.
Julie Christie as an Alzheimer's afflicted wife achieves the perfect psychological mixture of despair, mystery, rebellion against the unappreciated devotion that has been her lot in married...
The film received acclaim from critics. As of October 21, 2020, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 94% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 145 reviews, and an average rating of 8.12/10.
May 4, 2007 · 1 h 50 m. Summary This beautiful yet unconventional story of a couple coming to grips with the onset of memory loss is adapted from celebrated author Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain." (Lionsgate) Drama. Directed By: Sarah Polley.
Mar 2, 2007 · Review: Away from Her. Sarah Polley’s directorial debut is a low-key, mature, and sensitive study of Alzheimer’s and its ramifications. by Nick Schager. March 2, 2007. Sarah Polley’s Away from Her opens with three shots of long-married couple Grant (Gordon Pinsent) and Fiona (Julie Christie) cross-country skiing, the first showing them ...
