saw this movie and have some comments

There was no hint of adultery! What?! I read the book and saw the movie. I don't know what "liberal" nonsense you're speaking of. Both husband and wife characters were intensely caught up in their work. Her son was a doctor and all of the men seemed quite sympathetic.

Hmm, I didn't get this impression at all.

No, John was not cheating on his wife. He worked hard and his work obligations were extremely demanding (as hers had been). Just because other movies have "working late" equating to "having an affair", it's important for viewers to not automatically jump to this conclusion.

The male doctor was very respectful as well as factual with his medical expertise and his candidness throughout his interactions with Alice and her husband.

Alice was describing what happened to her father when he began to show symptoms of the disease - he became incontinent (remember what happened to Alice when she couldn't find the bathroom?) and he drank alcohol (as a way to cope with his deteriorating brain function).

The department chair has a job of determining whether members of his department can perform -- he started out the discussion by reviewing lots of feedback from students about their professor and that gave a consistent picture that she was not performing up to par. He expressed real concern about wanting to understand the problem. I don't specifically remember him saying he was going to run to the other staff to tell them her condition but that they would need to be informed that she is no longer on staff; most certainly he would go to HR and she would be dismissed for her condition as well as her deteriorating ability to teach -- since the rationale for her dismissal would need to be documented. If another professor approached her privately and asked her whether she was okay, and she explained her condition, then this is likely the only way other staff members would find out -- not through the chair.

I am not seeing the "everyone who is bad is a man" in this film.

You must have serious issues to perceive it this way. How is any of this "liberal"? No one came off more unpleasantly than the older daughter, and she's a woman (and I'm a woman). I didn't think any of the men came off badly whatsoever. Where in the world would you get these ideas? The son was a physician, for Pete's sake. They only focused on the daughters because of the conflict between them, and to develop the relationship between Alice & Lydia.
Her husband absolutely did not cheat on her. The father had cirrhosis of the liver from alcoholism and was probably incontinent due to his own Alzheimer's (it was mentioned she got it from him).
You realize the author of the book, Lisa Genova, has written several books dealing with many different illnesses? It has nothing to do with political attitudes whatsoever.

What?? Not sure where you got this idea. Do you realize this is based on a true story? I enjoyed the movie; apparently you were too busy bitching about it to get anything positive out of it. Too bad.

Pfffft. The doctor was one of the most sympathetic characters in the film; there was nothing negative about the son's portrayal (unlike both the daughters, in their own ways); and the daughter's husband was portrayed very positively as well.

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