Sarah Polley gives us one of the year’s best films.
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05/18/07
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Away From Her (2007)
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Reviews Counted:137
Fresh:129
Rotten:8
Average Rating:8/10
Consensus: 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 complemented by a wonderful performance from Julie Christie.
Theatrical Release:May 4, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $15,830,046
Synopsis: Canadian actress Sarah Polley makes an impressive directorial debut with AWAY FROM HER, a film adapted from the Alice Munro story "The Bear Came Over The Mountain." The plot concerns the way in... [More]
Starring: Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis, Gordon Pinsent, Michael Murphy
Director: Sarah Polley
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Even if the rest of the film was a complete dog, ,i>Away From Her would be worthwhile simply because it gives Julie Christie so much screen time.
05/18/07
The whole film grows on you. Polley's trademark as an actress is that she gives nothing away at first; you have to watch an entire movie to know everything she's thinking and feeling. Away From Her unfolds with that kind of restraint.
05/18/07
The revelation is Pinsent..., who has the tougher acting job - to react to Christie's performance and carry the plot as well - and delivers beautifully.
05/18/07
Spare and poignantly bittersweet, Sarah Polley's wrenching romantic drama ... delves into the painful effects of Alzheimer's disease.
05/18/07
A profound and poignant requiem for our preferred human conditions.
05/18/07
Probes those two impossible and sometimes incompatible organs -- the human heart and the human brain -- with a scientist's curiosity and a poet's empathy.
05/18/07
It's heartening that a movie so wise, patient and thoughtful can come from a filmmaker so young.
05/17/07
The delicate and dignified way that director Sarah Polley treats Munro’s story is worthy of high praise.
05/17/07
Portrays the ravages of [Alzheimer's] with clear-eyed honesty, tracking not only the effects on its victims but also on the caretakers who provide support even as their loved ones are fading away right before their eyes.
05/16/07
"Away From Her" is at once one of the most romantic love stories and most frightening horror films I've ever seen.
05/16/07
Indelible and uncompromising, this powerful drama about the grace and the cruelty of aging is a sensitive testament to emotional endurance.
05/16/07
Polley has constructed a complex film about love, relationships, honor and commitment. It is a beautiful thing to watch.
05/15/07
As much as it is a poignant story of love and loss, 'Away From Her' is also a modern-day horror tale.
05/15/07
Powerful. Writer-director Sarah Polley rightly deserves the kind of praise heaped upon Sofia Coppola for the lousy “Lost in Translation.”
05/15/07
Julie Christie is as lovely as ever, and this may be a bit of a snag, as she doesn't really look old enough for the part.
05/14/07
Sweet and delicate, a promising first effort by writer/director Sarah Polley.
05/13/07
The film's sharpest performance comes from Dukakis, who marries hope with resentment into a prickly yet pliant concoction...Marian is more clearly drawn that the more opaque Anderssons.
05/12/07
Superb, from its subtle atmospheres to its fine performances. Julie Christie is exquisite as ever purveying the spirit of a woman whose radiance remains even as it dims like the glow of sunset on a snowbound lake.
05/11/07
Away From Her got to me in a way no other movie has this year, eliciting copious tears.
05/11/07
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