Apple TVA short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, the latest documentary from Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim, tells the whirlwind story of how an undersized kid from Canada moved to Hollywood on his last dime, became the "boy prince of Hollywood," and ultimately channeled his greatest challenge into a beacon of hope for millions suffering from Parkinson's disease. Told through a series of interviews with the actor, and interspersed with a blend of reenactments and cleverly selected clips of his work, Still provides an intimate, unflinching, and often funny look at Fox's incredible life story.
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie could have so easily been a depressing and clinical analysis of disease and illness that goes out of its way to show us all the worst effects of the condition, without revealing the humanity of those who suffer from it. Fortunately for us, this is not the case here. Infused with ample humour and wit, one of the most easy to love actors in the business takes us through his early life, his career, his Parkinson’s diagnosis and brings us to the present day where he’s dealing with the condition as it slowly but surely advances.
