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Take Hilary Swank (who had audiences clawing for the Kleenex in Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby), give her ALS (an incurable motor neuron disease, aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease), and let the crying commence. Okay, cynical critical sneer aside, this is a pretty powerful movie, dealing with a crippling disease […]
A life-changing bond develops between a woman (Hilary Swank) with ALS whose marriage is on the rocks and the brash collegian (Emmy Rossum) hired to be her assistant.
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- George C. Wolfe
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- Hilary Swank
Oct 6, 2014 · Few actresses suffer so movingly onscreen as Hilary Swank, as the two-time Oscar winner proves once again in You’re Not You, based on the novel by Michelle Wildgen.
- THR Staff
Oct 23, 2017 · You’re Not You is a tearjerker about a woman dying of ALS and how that affects the people around her. It’s predictable in many ways but it’s elevated by an excellent group of actors who create outstanding characters in this story about both living and dying.
Oct 10, 2014 · You're Not You isn't entirely successful in avoiding a television movie-style predictability in its depiction of its central character's incapacitating illness. But its superb performances and emotional complexity ultimately elevate its familiar themes.
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- George C. Wolfe
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- Hilary Swank
Emotional ALS drama has sad scenes, strong language. Read Common Sense Media's You're Not You review, age rating, and parents guide.
In You're Not You, Hilary Swank, as always, creates an intense and memorable portrait of a proud woman whose life is shattered by this disease as it devours her ability to walk, talk, and breathe — and yet she finds ways to maintain her dignity.
