Away from Her

AWAY FROM HER (2006) - May 9, 2007
About a woman who gets Alzheimer's, goes to live in a retirement home, and winds up falling in love after basically forgetting about her husband, this was a well made film. It was very slow-paced and exceptionally depressing, but it was a good film (Sarah Polley does well in her debut as a writer/director, though it does occasionally seem like she's trying a bit too hard to be profound with her dialogue). If nothing else, the movie would be worthwhile if only for the performances, which are uniformly excellent; Gordon Pinsent, in particular, gives a really phenomenal performance as the husband who has to watch as his wife falls in love with another man. ***