Away From Her

If you want an independent movie that makes you laugh, cry and most of all think....Away from Her is for you. This movie based on the Alice Munro short story "The Bear Came Over The Mountain" tells the story of the marriage of Fiona and Grant. They have been married for 45 years and Fiona has Alzheimer's disease. During Fiona's more lucid moments, she helps to convince Grant that the time has come for her to enter a nursing home. Grant has never been away from her for an extended time in all their years of marriage so he is has some trepidation. There is also a 30-day period that he will not be able to visit her after she checks in to the facility. Throughout the movie we see how Alzheimer's affects not only the patient but more importantly the families, and in this movie, specifically the spouses. As the baby boomer generation gets older, I have the bad feeling that more and more people will be affected in some way with this dreaded disease and its companion-Dementia. This movie helps depict the sadness and a bit of light-hearted humor of this disease while showing the viewer that sometimes when you love someone you must love them away. Two energetic thumbs up pointing to my grandmother in heaven who is my angel helping me to ask you to PLEASE donate to Alzheimer research!