Do You Remember Love

1985 "A loving couple finds triumph in a battle they know they cannot win..."
Do You Remember Love
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Released: 21 May 1985 Released
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Barbara Wyatt-Hollis is an English professor who begins to experience the effects of Alzheimer's. The film documents her decline and the emotional turmoil it causes for her. It also shows how the changes impact her husband, George, and their children. The film also looks at the process by which families can be educated and supported to deal with the impact of the disease, as well as what is done for those afflicted.

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Socorro Robles it was a very informative, understanding of what happens to someone in first stages of alzheimers,I watch it when I was studying to become a nurse's aide so it impacted me ever since & have been looking for it so I can watch it again after all this time I can still remember almost everything about this movie.
zanainternational-53412 The best movie about Alzheimer's illness and how it affects the whole family. Joanne Woodward unforgettable role for which she received her Emmi's award.It is unfortunate how the "Still Alice" script is similar to this "Do You Remember Love" story, and as a movie, it is just a shadow of the impression, warmth, and humanity that was achieved in "Do You Remember Love".Sometime around 1990. I watched the movie on TV and learned about the name of the illness. My mom did not get a proper diagnosis for years even though the fist symptoms were showing up when she was only 52. If anyone knows how to obtain a copy of this movie, PLEASE, HELP! Thank you in advance. Zana
rpenland08 This movie was released by Hallmark, in T.V. format nearly 1 year after we learned that my father had contracted Alzheimer's Disease.Naturally, we were searching for any and all information we could find to help my father, and the family, deal with this devastating disease. As I watched, I was Amazed at the similarities between the behavior of the main character of this movie (played by Ms Woodward) and my father's own behavior at the time. It was like I was watching my own father on television.As the movie progressed, I came to the realization that my father had contracted a disease that would eventually take his life. For the next few years, as we watched this disease consume him, the movie would flash back anew in my mind and helped to guide me through this. My father finally succumbed to the disease 19 days after his birthday in 1992, 8 years after we first learned he had it. By the time he did, like in the movie, he had forgotten his family. I went to see him 3 days before his death. He had no idea who I was but he held my two year old son in his lap and played with him like a child himself. I was 800 miles from home when I got the call that said he had passed away, which really came as a shock to me, knowing I had seen him happy and playing with my son just 3 days earlier.I never got to say goodbye to him but I have thanked the Lord above many times for sending this movie when he did to help me get through the ordeal.This very day, it has been announced that Glen Campbell has contracted this devastating disease. I highly recommend that his family find a copy of this movie and watch it closely, it will help them through it.I highly recommend it for anyone who has come in contact with this disease and sincerely hope one day a cure can be found for it.
Michael_Elliott Do You Remember Love (1985)*** (out of 4) Joanne Woodward picked up her third Emmy win for this TV movie where she plays a poet/teacher who is slowly losing her battle with Alzheimer's disease. Richard Kiley plays her husband who must come to terms with the fact that he doesn't recognize the woman he originally fell in love with. The performances by the two leads are what really makes this film worth seeing as it's screenplay doesn't really have enough working for it to the movie to really succeed but fans of the two stars are going to get plenty here to make the film worth watching. Woodward really shines in her role as she is forced to play all sorts of different emotions and feelings as her character goes through a lot throughout the film. She has to play it bright, quiet and intelligent but then change on a dime to someone more abusive and argumentative. I thought Woodward did a terrific job at not being overly stagy or fake and I found every note of her performance to hit the right mark. She's so believable in the role that you never feel like you're watching an actress but instead you feel as if you're seeing a documentary about someone with the disease. I've read several reviews that seem to overlook Kiley but that's a shame because he's just as impressive. The scene where he finally crashes and loses his cool about having to take care of someone who acts like they're two years old is extremely effective. I think the biggest problem with the film is its screenplay, which doesn't do that good of a job with the supporting characters. I found most of the supporting characters to be extremely poorly written because they're just used as one-dimensional items. We have the son who is staying away because he's scared. We have the mom who just wants to know what's going on. We have the co-worker who is jealous of her success and wants to see her fail. All of this would be fine but the characters just pop up to give speeches or minor melodrama that never really works. Still, the two lead performances are why people are going to be drawn to this film and they're reason alone to watch the film.