Wonderfully offbeat film!

What makes it different from others?

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

it was a very informative, understanding of what happens to someone in first stages of alzheimers,I watch it when I was studying to become a nurse's aide so it impacted me ever since & have been looking for it so I can watch it again after all this time I can still remember almost everything about this movie.

This movie was released by Hallmark, in T.V. format nearly 1 year after we learned that my father had contracted Alzheimer's Disease.Naturally, we were searching for any and all information we could find to help my father, and the family, deal with this devastating disease. As I watched, I was Amazed at the similarities between the behavior of the main character of this movie (played by Ms Woodward) and my father's own behavior at the time. It was like I was watching my own father on television.As the movie progressed, I came to the realization that my father had contracted a disease that would eventually take his life. For the next few years, as we watched this disease consume him, the movie would flash back anew in my mind and helped to guide me through this. My father finally succumbed to the disease 19 days after his birthday in 1992, 8 years after we first learned he had it. By the time he did, like in the movie, he had forgotten his family. I went to see him 3 days before his death. He had no idea who I was but he held my two year old son in his lap and played with him like a child himself. I was 800 miles from home when I got the call that said he had passed away, which really came as a shock to me, knowing I had seen him happy and playing with my son just 3 days earlier.I never got to say goodbye to him but I have thanked the Lord above many times for sending this movie when he did to help me get through the ordeal.This very day, it has been announced that Glen Campbell has contracted this devastating disease. I highly recommend that his family find a copy of this movie and watch it closely, it will help them through it.I highly recommend it for anyone who has come in contact with this disease and sincerely hope one day a cure can be found for it.

When this movie 1st came out Alzheimer's was not widely known about by the general public. It was the 1st time I ever heard about it. Thank Goodness I saw it! My mother came down with it less than 10 yrs after I 1st saw it, so I was prepared about knowing about it & recognized it in the early stages.I was her caregiver until she died some 10 yrs later. The movie was so sensitive & wonderfully portrayed! They had to 'rush' her deterioration because of time constraints of a 2 hour movie, but in real life it's much slower.But this movie was like giving me a road map to an unfamiliar and dark and scary place. It prepared me for what I had to face as my mother's caregiver.Later, my husband took care of his dad through it to the end, too. I'm glad we weren't "in the dark" when facing this incredibly horrible disease! This movie is a "must see" if a loved one is facing dementia! (Grab the tissue box! Such a touching performance!)

Joanne Woodward and Richard Kiley were superb in their roles as Barbara, the afflicted victim of the dreaded disease, and her loving, supportive husband, George. My heart really went out to them. I practically felt their suffering and pain. I wanted to help them myself. I felt like giving them, especially George, advice. They portrayed a happily married couple. Barbara was a college professor. And then BOOM!!!! Alzheimer's disease. Geraldine Fitzgerald, who portrayed Barbara's mother, Lorraine, was especially a heart-breaker, since she had to see her own daughter suffer the way she did. Though I am not a mother, I could still imagine her torment. It is just like watching your own child die, except this was worse--seeing your own daughter slipping into mentally incapacitation and you simply CANNOT to do anything about it. You are completely helpless. All the characters were and I, personally, felt so horribly bad for them, being they were a happy, well-adjusted family! However, I felt the conclusion, though I do NOT want to give it away, was ineffectual and inadequate. I knew it would NOT end on a positive note, but I was still disappointed. However, the acting was so authentic, believable, and convincing, that I actually felt like saying a prayer for this "family."