You're Not You (2014)

Release date: 2014-11-26
Country: USA
Language: English|American Sign Language
Director: George C. Wolfe
Production Co: Daryl Prince Productions, 2S Films, DiNovi Pictures
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7.4/10
Length: 1h 42min

Storyline

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.

Plot Keywords

adultery, two in a shower, sex in shower, marital infidelity, marital separation, film starts with sex, shower, pot smoking, female protagonist, terminal illness, female friendship, christmas party, dying woman, dinner party, aspiring singer, aspiring musician, mother daughter relationship, southern accent, death of wife, death of protagonist

Short Review

It's unfortunate, then, that this earnest, hard-working adaptation of the 2006 Michelle Wildgen novel... isn't a more satisfying dramatic portrayal of the disease and its impact.