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.
12 September 1986, New York City, New York, USA
27 July 1968, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
11 May 1952, Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK
16 September 1949, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 June 1949, Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 September 1984, Lexington Park, Maryland, USA
28 February 1976, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
8 April 1985, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
30 July 1974, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
14 November 1972, Minot, North Dakota, USA
20 February 1973, Santa Monica, California, USA
17 December 1945, Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
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 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.
April 13, 2015
A poignant drama about a pianist stricken with ALS and her caregiver whose life is transformed during her time with her.
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]
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.
October 09, 2014
Despite holes in the storytelling, Ms. Swank and Ms. Rossum keep it real.
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 09, 2014
Wolfe overplays his hand at almost every key turn.
March 23, 2015
...a seriously affecting (if unabashedly manipulative) disease-of-the-week-type weeper.
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.
