It's unfortunate, then, that this earnest, hard-working adaptation of the 2006 Michelle Wildgen novel... isn't a more satisfying dramatic portrayal of the disease and its impact.

Swank delivers an emotionally and physically committed performance that significantly elevates the sometimes mawkish material.

Despite offering a well-timed look at the realities of the disease, the movie clunkily eschews cinematic creativity for emotional manipulation. Inquisitive ice-bucket challengers, consider yourselves warned.

Better than expected but not quite believable in every regard, You're Not You is at least an honest attempt to grapple with a portrait of the disease.