Still premiered last weekend at the Sundance Film Festival. According to the report of ew it “offers a hopeful and uplifting message about the power of perseverance, hope and humor in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds,” the publication notes.
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The film is infused with the actor’s trademark humor even in his darkest moments, and his banter with Guggenheim gives the film a special beat. Fox’s Lucky Man and other memoirs provide a central resource for the narration of this story, on the tape they use audiobooks in their own voice that are used for voice-over.
At times, the most moving episodes of the documentary that arise in exchanges or the script with Guggenheim are experienced, who questions him about the bruises and scratches that appear on his body, evidence of his most recent injuries due to not being able to walk. At one point during filming, Fox exposes that he fell and broke the bones in his face, requiring surgery and pins.
Michael J. Fox has made recent appearances at comic book festivals, one of the most emotional being his reunion with his co-star from Back to the Future, Emmet Brown “The Doc”. His activism for research to support treatments for Parkinson’s has not ceased and he has used a foundation that he created to follow up on this initiative that he has promoted for almost 20 years.