User Reviews

It was slow and I kept drifting off to sleep. Didn't know if I was just too tired to start a movie or if it was that slow. Either way, I finished the second half the next day and I'm glad I did. It really was different and I like that. I thought what kind of polygamy plot is this? Is it a cult? The ending made you think once the movie was over and that's a good sign. I'm glad the blonde killed the two goofs because they were not responsible enough for this magic. I felt she would carry it on until she found someone to share it with. I loved that Ella decided to be with Adam and end it the same way the people did before them. It was a nice change of pace. Give it a shot if you're not sleepy.

Much better than expected. It has a calm feel to it but manages to keep you hooked to the end with suspense. Not one word is said to much, bit of a thinker in the end because of it. I just loved how the story unravels. As I'm typing this review I can't help to think about the dept of the story and how it lets the viewer guess about the motives of the main characters. For example: do they take a liking in the blond girl at random or do they want to heal her...? Great camerawork has to be said. It's one of those movies you just wish would get more attention. Magic Moonshine!

2 people find the fountain of youth, literally, in the 1800s, and kill everyone who comes close to know the secret. They live until present day, keeping themselves in their 20s, never aging a day, but they have to keep drinking otherwise they age almost instantly until they die. At the end they decide they have lived long enough and that what they were doing wasn't natural, so they pass on to the secret to a girl who has cancer and so on.

It pains me reading so many reviews (good and bad) that completely missed what this movie was referencing. It's a clever twist on the story of Adam, Eve and Lilith in the Garden of Eden. Adam is, well, Adam, Ella is Eve, and Lily is Lilith (those names alone I feel were a dead giveaway for the context of this film). The cave water is equivalent to the tree of life/knowledge and drinking from it brings consequences just as eating the fruit did in Genesis. The twist in this case is that it's reversed. In the bible, eating the fruit meant gaining the knowledge of the world and being banished from the garden whereas in Still the only way to stay in their metaphorical garden is to continue drinking the water, thus maintaining their longevity and the "ignorance" of living away from the rest of the world. Abstaining meant leaving the garden and dying in pain. They even throw in a nod to Cain and Abel with the 2 boys from the bar near the end, fighting each other after breaking the still and leaving us to assume one will kill the other. The twist there comes when Lily takes the shotgun and kills them both instead. I'm not familiar enough with the stories of Lilith to comment much on how she fits in completely, but I believe she came before Eve and left/was banished from the garden for questioning God (or something to that effect). They just flip flopped it here and had Ella (Eve) come first and want for Lily (Lilith) to replace her as Adam's wife. Overall I thought it was brilliant and a refreshing take on the fountain of youth/tree of life story. My only complaint is that I'd hoped to know more about the couple that owned the cabin and drank from the cave before Adam and Ella, but even without their backstory, it was a satisfying watch.

None of it makes any sense. What happens inside the tree? Is moonshine the elixir of life? Do they time travel? All questions with no answers. Plain and simple, don't watch this movie. There, I just saved you ninety minutes of your life. You're welcome.

For an indie film, Still (2018) reveals a unique twist on the fountain of youth, and exploration of the Appalachian trail with hilly billy moonshiners involved in a menage a trois, unrequited love affair and steamy romance hits it out of the park with great gusto. The story is told in the present and past interweaving a subplot both concerning a mysterious healing water from a magical well deep in the forest in a hidden cave. Doscher's direction deals with the supernatural in a realistic way; using magical realism. The acting is flawless and the soundtrack matches the passion of the players with synchronicity. Great direction by Takashi Doscher.

It was sorta like tuck everlasting except the everlasting part I liked how they had a choice to continue being immortal or just stop. But I would like to know what the ancient secret was..