El G

Very interesting, thoughtful, touching, sometimes disturbing, sometimes hilarious, bizarre, honest, sad and full of heArt. Working with families and individuals who are collectively living through the aging process and succumbing to memory loss, you would think this is the LAST thing I would want to watch. But it drew me in and I loved Dick Johnson almost as much as his daughter who made this documentary.

Lovely, lovely film. Firth and Tucci had beautiful performances that were not caricatures of gay men. I love the more subtle perspective of someone living with dementia. I like the slowness. I think it’s a shame that it’s hard for some who can’t sit back and experience it. As someone who has worked with individuals with dementia and those who love them, for 11 years, I think this quiet film speaks loudly. I currently have a brilliant close friend living with an early onset of Alzheimer’s. It is a painfully slow, destructive disease and the real cruelty is you are aware of it happening. The film did remind me of the simple, beautiful things and people in our lives and how we should pay attention and savor them, always.

I see a Broadway musical in its future.