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December 5, 2014

At the Movies: Julianne Moore is exquisite in ‘Alice'

By JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer

When we refer to an actor's performance as breathtaking, we're usually engaging in hyperbole. Rarely if ever do we mean it actually affected our ability to breathe.

But during “Still Alice,” watching the vital, sharply intelligent woman played by Julianne Moore slowly cede her mental faculties — and, most painfully, her identity — to Alzheimer's disease, I found myself frequently needing to gulp in big breaths of air, merely to steel myself for the next scene.


 
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