Away from Her

Theirs is a story of despair, hope, guilt and love.....A heartbreaking and profound film about an impossible love, Away From Her is a portrait of a relationship struggling to endure Alzheimers..... ... Full Review

Touching, understated tale of a couple that has to deal with Alzheimer's disease.....Both Gordon Pinsent and Oscar-nominated Julie Christie play their roles with understated perfection..... ... Full Review

Published in CiaoAway From Her (2007) wonderful Canadian medical Drama, starring Canada's own Gordan Pinsent....finds love in the arms of another woman (Marian)What I like about the story is....based on the Great Canadian writer Alice Munro#39;s novel A Bear Came Over the Mountain.....The story is so well done, showing the pain and frustration.... ... Full Review

Papa Pinsent is proud of his offspring and adds his own thoughts on the importance of the arts. Well, the saving of our arts and culture are vital to us all, and we artists play a vital role in the welfare of the country. ... Full Review

Christie stars alongside Gordon Pinsent as an academic and his wife who live in chic retirement in a snowy Canadian cottage until Christie puts the frying pan in the freezer and forgets the word "wine", and they realise that she has Alzheimer's. and Pinsent is nowhere near as magnetic ... Full Review

tasteful and intelligent character study ... Full Review

It's been nearly a year since Sarah Polley's modest melodrama Away From Her was first released in the UK. The real kick here comes less than halfway through the film when it is revealed that the seemingly loyal and preternaturally loving Grant was a philanderer, a bad husband, manipulative and self-obsessed. ... Full Review

The surprise is that this film contains two great female performances.....And the penultimate scene is confusing.....In the story, the husband is a cynical philanderer who almost accidentally changes his ways (he thinks - wrongly - that his wife knows nothing about his indiscretions)..... ... Full Review

Anton Chekhov's "The Lady with a Little Dog," one of the best stories ever written about how even illicit, initially cavalier, love gets under your skin, is another welcome classic. The wonder of "My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead" is that it manages to capture a deep as well as broad range of this funny thing called love, without succumbing to the laundry-list effect that afflicts anthologies that try to be all-encompassing: adultery, check; lesbians, check; May-December romance; check. ... Full Review

In short, Away From Her is a wonderfully acted, brilliantly written and genuinely moving film that confirms Sarah Polley as a director to watch.....There's also strong support from both Wendy Crewson (as a member of staff) and Olympia Dukakis (who has been off our screens for far too long) as Murphy's wife, who Grant turns to for emotional support.....Superbly directed by actress-turned-writer-director Sarah Polley....In addition, Polley's script is both intelligent and sensitive, refusing to indulge in sen ... Full Review