Iris murdoch biography film alzheimer

Heart wrenching movie about the mental and physical decline of the novelist Iris Murdoch.

Nigel Bell

BBC Films returns with a major success following the international acclaim received by Billy Elliot (the Corporation seems to have brushed last year's release Born Romantic under the carpet!)

The Plot
The film depicts the final years of the life of celebrated novelist Iris Murdoch from the days just before she realises she has Alzheimer's disease.

These images mix with those from her college years at Oxford when she first met future husband John Bayley, the man whose memoirs were the basis of the film.

The Verdict
Iris is certainly a brave film.

It's hard to see a big Hollywood movie company tackling an issue like Alzheimer's, especially when there's no miracle cure, no happy ending.

This is not a film for the feint hearted. In the week another British movie, horror flick Long Time Dead, is released, this is easily the sc Iris (2001) - IMDb MYJO