This movie was so hyped that by the time I watched last year I thought I would be watching the best thing ever filmed. Minus the hype and Oscar dynamics I would have watched it but not thought much about it afterwards except it had two of our most acclaimed and skilled actors in it . Hopkins and Colman are good but I didn't see anything I haven't seen before with them. Yes it devastating to endure this dreadful disease. I probably took something else away from it how the least favored child is left to care for the critical parent a common occurrence . Hopkins however didn't do anything I haven't watched from him before it's just used differently here due to the characters mental decline. It's a Hopkins standard blustery and harsh then vulnerable and needy . Watch Howard's End or Remains of the Day it's similar in it's way. .To see a different element of his talent we have Hannibal Lecter so he definitely has range as an actor. I don't mean to sound overly critical it's less that than not feeling the hype equaled the actual experience of watching it .
Review of The Father
