best movie i've ever seen.

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Having reluctantly signed his wife into an institution after an Alzheimer's diagnosis, a Canadian college professor has to cope with his wife forgetting who he is in this low key yet potent drama. The film is best known for nabbing Julie Christie a Golden Globe and SAG award for her performance, yet she is curiously a supporting player here for the most part as the film progresses from being about her feeling that she is "beginning to disappear" to her husband coping with her condition. The film has drawn comparisons to the latter 'Still Alice', but whereas the Julianne Moore film is told from her point of view as she loses her mind, this one is really the husband's story. Happily, lead actor Gordon Pinsent is up to the task and delivers an even more layered performance than Christie's - one full of anger, sorrow, bitterness and resentment. The dialogue is also very good too, full of philosophical quips ("it's never too late to become what you may have been"). Focusing on the husband's perspective, 'Away from Her' does not quite deliver the same emotional jolts as 'Still Alice', but if one avoids drawing comparisons, it is a pretty solid film for a first time director (former child actress Sarah Polley). The intermittent flashbacks fit well into the yearning-for-past tapestry of the film too, though it would appear that some out there find them confusing.

Emotional, painful, frustrating journey.The story of a woman who is put in a home after she develops Alzheimer's Disease, how her and her husband cope with with this, and how their relationship is affected.Very sensitively told, making for a very emotional movie. Maybe too sensitively done: the film moves incredibly slowly. Every scene is drawn out to breaking point. Plus there are some incredibly frustrating turns of events, which add to the irritation.However, the level of engagement with the characters is high enough for you to sit through it all. It's not a perfect movie, far from it - for the reasons mentioned above and the lack of a punchy or profound ending - but is watchable and endurable.

I've got this obsession about Alzheimer's disease since years, and still. Getting to imagine how Gordon Pinsent shouted "yesss" to her, and living up with this miserable hugely depressing disease. Specially feeling for Julie Christie gave me the impression so clearly and the feelings were so intense to be hard to feel. Yet the concept of "making a decision to be happy" is too real, but too betraying as well. It's more than excellent movie ..Happiness is what you choose to remember, Julie Christie's spectacular performance is just unbearable ..But and a big but here, from a medical point of view, the script was lacking some important points through the process of Alzheimer's disease, missing those points reflected a different image for the disease to the public, and didn't show the real suffering of anyone that had to deal with that kind of disease ..That's all :)

The last thing I expected Away From Her to be is funny. The first section of the film has a remarkable sense of humour which really doesn't prepare you for the utterly heart-wrenching mid-section. It's truly painful to watch our protagonist watches his wife not only not recognise him but fall in love with another man. The performances make the film, Gordon Pisent is terrific but Julie Christie is astounding. However, the plot does drift a bit too often. There was far too many conversation scenes and not enough doing in the scenes that didn't involve Pisent and Christie. But it's a wise film that feels old yet spirited at heart. Unforgettable stuff.8/10