"You love words don't you?"

Iris - a biopic about the writer Iris Murdoch. The film stars Judi Dench and Kate Winslet as the older and younger version of Iris respectively. The story is told in a very non-linear fashion. Iris Murdoch ended her life suffering from Alzheimer's disease and the film intermingles the present and the past.

Although the viewer is not sure which Iris or John will appear, whether present or past, the movie is not that difficult to follow. The one linear element is Iris' progression toward non-memory and the inability of her husband of 40 years to care for her on his own. Iris was a prolific writer, an Oxford Fellow, and a kindred spirit to Frida Kahlo in her love. John, unlike Diego, was a shrinking violet who shown in Iris' presence. As she aptly puts it, he is her world because he knows her - he is her world.

This movie was on the short side only an hour and a half. I felt a little cheated. It's not that I wanted salacious details of her life I just wanted more. Maybe a bit more of the past to bring home the point even stronger of feeling the loss of memory. I want to know more, so maybe the movie is better than I am giving it credit. Worthwhile view even if it is a bit sad.