You're Not You

R 7.3
2014 1 hr 44 min Drama

A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.

  • Cast:
    Hilary Swank , Emmy Rossum , Josh Duhamel , Stephanie Beatriz , Jason Ritter , Julian McMahon , Ali Larter

Reviews

Cubussoli
2014/10/10

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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GamerTab
2014/10/11

That was an excellent one.

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GrimPrecise
2014/10/12

I'll tell you why so serious

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Invaderbank
2014/10/13

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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tomgrantpi
2014/10/14

I don't care what anyone else says about the film. I'll just say Hilary Swank was incredible and totally believable in her role. I'm a 70 year old man. This was one of the best written and acted films I've ever seen. It also helped open my eyes a bit wider as to what an ALS victim, their family and their loved ones have to go though. I can't imagine why Hilary and this film did not receive more awards.

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Smoreni Zmaj
2014/10/15

This is beautiful. Authors of "Me Before You" should watch this and then go to a corner to be ashamed of themselves. The ending song is really performed by Bec. Beside singing it, Emmy Rossum also wrote it. She instantly became one of my favorite actresses. However, "The Intouchables" still holds the throne on this topic.8,5/10

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kosmasp
2014/10/16

Swank again with a very difficult role to pull off, but she has proved time and again that she can do it. It's no different this time around. Getting good support from the other actors (no pun intended), she works magic in this one too, in a very limiting role/character and one everyone can have sympathy and empathy for.Not being able to use your whole body to express emotions or just to plain (inter)act with, is not easy, but something that Swank is doing a fine job with here. Rossums character is more of a wild card, but something that is needed. Someone to do the things Swanks character is not entirely able to do. A drama that is tough to watch, but very well made

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TxMike
2014/10/17

The main page for this movie shows "release dates" but no business and box office numbers, so I don't know if it ever was in theaters. I found it on Netflix streaming movies. It features an all-star cast in a story about a difficult subject, a 30-something pianist in her prime being stricken with ALS. Hilary Swank is Kate, a pianist happily married and living in Houston. (Although set in Houston, filmed elsewhere.) She and her husband have a very upscale home and entertain regularly. Her symptoms start very gradually with the occasional unexplained dropping of things. Then later, as she is playing a classical piece she plays wrong notes as her fingers seem to be trembling a bit. She is diagnosed with onset of ALS for which there is no cure, no reversal, and eventually requires a care-giver to help her get around and do even the basics, like using the toilet or taking a shower and getting dressed afterwards.Emmy Rossum (who was so good 10 years earlier in 'Phantom') is Bec, pretty much the opposite type of person. She attends college, some times, seems very unfocused, and often enjoys nights out drinking and hooking up with a stranger. She is even having an affair with one of her married professors. She has no cooking or cleaning skills, and no experience as a care-giver, but against all probabilities Kate prefers her and asks her to take the job.So most of the story is Kate trying to deal with all this and a husband who seems more and more distant, while Bec tries to get a better grip on her own life, and actually make something of herself. Maybe even re-kindle that dormant song-writing passion she used to have.Josh Duhamel is good as the husband, Evan, and Jason Ritter is good as Wil, just a genuine nice guy who can't quite figure out why Bec won't give him a chance to care about her. Pretty Ali Larter also has a nice role as Keely, one of Kate's wealthy friends.Good movie, often hard to watch, but the performances are super.

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