based on novel   christmas   family relationships   brother sister relationship   character name in title   father son relationship   new york city   manhattan new york city   bare chested male   male nudity   father daughter relationship   professor   dignity   illness   diary   memory   loss of memory   no title at beginning   female protagonist   insomnia   pills   teacher   cameo   columbia university   pubic hair   actor playing himself   memory lapse   title at the end   suicide contemplation   aspiring actress   jigsaw puzzle   reference to charles darwin   actress playing herself   cooking   alzheimer's disease   memory loss   written by star   title same as book   neurology   reference to anton chekhov   academia   actress shares first name with character   giving a speech   reference to billy joel   degenerative disease   reference to elton john   reference to m.c. hammer   reference to ucla   wetting oneself   end of life planning   forgetting dinner appointment   forgetting someone is dead   genetic disease   linguistics professor   medically assisted reproduction   mispronounced word   planning a pregnancy   reference to angels in america the play   reference to the mayo clinic   theatre performance   video message to self   reading someone else's diary   car accident   one word title   mother son relationship   male pubic hair   husband wife relationship   neurologist   male rear nudity   sister sister relationship   sadness   mother daughter relationship   bechdel test passed   no opening credits   death of father