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Title: You're Not You (2014)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Hilary Swank | ... | Kate | |
| Emmy Rossum | ... | Bec | |
| Josh Duhamel | ... | Evan | |
| Stephanie Beatriz | ... | Jill | |
| Jason Ritter | ... | Wil (as Jason Morgan Ritter) | |
| Julian McMahon | ... | Liam | |
| Ali Larter | ... | Keely | |
| Andrea Savage | ... | Alyssa | |
| Gerald Downey | ... | Bill | |
| Mike Doyle | ... | Tom | |
| Loretta Devine | ... | Marilyn | |
| Ernie Hudson | ... | John | |
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Erin Chenoweth | ... | Cynthia |
| Gareth Williams | ... | Bruce | |
| Marcia Gay Harden | ... | Elizabeth | |
Kate is a classical pianist just diagnosed with ALS. 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 Kate's 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. Written by Official site
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The movie opens with Kate (Hillary Swank), a classically trained pianist. One night while she's playing Chopin's Polonaise, she finds it hard to keep her fingers moving correctly. When she tune is over, she sees her pinky and thumb slightly twitching. 18 months later, it turns out that Kate has ALS. Bec's (Emmy Rossum) life is a bit of a mess. She's a struggling singer/songwriter, hooks up with random guys for sex, oversleeps, and is not the most reliable of people. She auditions to be Kate's caregiver. Against Kate's husband's - Evan - (Josh Duhamel) objections, Bec is given the job, which proves to be...interesting at first. The two women begin to bond into a real friendship, especially after Kate's marriage falls apart.
The movie was very well done. The acting was superb, especially Swank, who performed a variety of symptoms associated with ALS, from the twitching of the fingers, to the dragging of the legs, to the slurred, incoherent speech, and the coughing attacks. Rossum plays a character very similar to her Fiona character from Shameless - a stranger to wealth, class and refinement. All the same, she has a heart of gold.
I gave this an 8-star rating because I like both Swank and Rossum, and they did a spectacular job in their roles. The supporting cast was good, even though the movie was basically about the journey the two lead actresses go through together. The script was good, as was the directing. My one nitpick about the movie is Bec never would've been given the job of Kate's caregiver to begin with. However, it's not a true story, and aside from that, it was a very good tear jerker of a movie.