If Olivia Colman and Anthony Hopkins are cast as father/daughter, the outcome is bound to be special. He plays a man whose reality is racked by dementia. She copes with declining condition, while struggling with his care. Although Colman is resplendent with love in her eyes and desperation in her heart, it’s Hopkins’ movie. This isn’t the traditionally pitiful old man suffering from confusion, but a plucky, sometimes angry character, who we witness slowly deteriorate. The nuanced direction by Florian Zeller, who also wrote the play on which the film is based, is somewhat objective. He relies on his superior cast to give this sensitive study its power. 
(4 / 5)
