PrimeWire

I found this a very powerful and moving adaptation of Florian Zeller’s play.

Unlike most films about dementia which are almost always told from the caregiver’s perspective, this one places the audience in the skin of the person suffering with the disease.

For the first hour of the movie I found myself confused and questioning everything that was happening. It felt like I was trapped in some kind of strange time loop. I was unsure of everything and everybody. It was weird and scary and not something I enjoyed feeling to be honest.

So at the end of the movie I felt nothing but genuine compassion for both Dad (Hopkins) and Anne (Colman) which is exactly the point that Zeller intended I think.

This movie definitely brings a fresh perspective to the old saying “Don’t judge somebody until you have walked a mile in their shoes.” Yeah, for sure!