You Are Not You
The story is about Kate who is diagnosed with ALS, a disease that threatens her livelihood and also her life. Bec is a brash college student and would-be rock singer who can barely keep her wildly chaotic affairs, romantic and otherwise, together. Yet, when Bec takes a job assisting Kate, just as Kates marriage to Evan hits the skids, both women come to rely on what becomes an unconventional, sometimes confrontational and fiercely honest bond. As meticulous, willful Kate begins to rub off on whirlwind, spontaneous Bec - and vice versa - both women find themselves facing down regrets, exploring new territory and expanding their ideas of who they want to be.
28 February 1976, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
11 May 1952, Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK
8 April 1985, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
14 November 1972, Minot, North Dakota, USA
21 August 1949, Houston, Texas, USA
17 February 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
11 September 1984, Lexington Park, Maryland, USA
December 12, 2015
This is not a new premise, but it manages to create empathy in the audience through a great story about vulnerability and extreme dependence. [Full review in Spanish]
December 11, 2015
Very emotional, and even though the ending gives you some comfort, it can leave you feeling very cold. [Full Review in Spanish]
October 09, 2014
Despite holes in the storytelling, Ms. Swank and Ms. Rossum keep it real.
March 23, 2015
...a seriously affecting (if unabashedly manipulative) disease-of-the-week-type weeper.
October 09, 2014
Wolfe overplays his hand at almost every key turn.
October 10, 2014
This well-intentioned weepie never quite rises far enough above its movie-of-the week architecture to hit all its intended emotional pressure points.
October 09, 2014
Here's the frustrating thing about You're Not You: Wolfe clearly knows what he's doing and has the actors to pull it off, but he's tasteful to a fault.
October 09, 2014
Nicholas Sparks didn't write You're Not You, but he might as well have, given its familiar disease-of-the-week plot filled with scenic locations and gorgeous people.
December 12, 2015
The movie has a message we've seen too many times already and it really doesn't do much to bring anything new to it. [Full review in Spanish]
December 04, 2014
Take Hilary Swank, give her ALS, and let the crying commence. Okay, cynical critical sneer aside, this is a pretty powerful movie...
October 11, 2014
Despite offering a well-timed look at the realities of the disease, the movie clunkily eschews cinematic creativity for emotional manipulation. Inquisitive ice-bucket challengers, consider yourselves warned.
April 13, 2015
A poignant drama about a pianist stricken with ALS and her caregiver whose life is transformed during her time with her.
