Movie Review THE FATHER: The Father Is More Reflective Film Than Family Film

Story:

THE FATHER movie first introduced to a charming older man, Anthony who living in a London flat and and listening to classical music suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Anthony struggles with leaning on his daughter as his perception of the world and reality are gradually challenged due to the dementia. As the past, present, and elements of fantasy collide, Anthony struggles to make sense of his changing reality. The film ends with a shot of leaves on a tree.

 

 

Movie Review:

The Father is a lot more than a film that merely tell the audience a story. It brings the viewers of an experience and a journey into an unstable world that is just as real. When Anthony’s daughter Anne moves in to help him, Anthony is forced to cope with his loosening grip on reality, while Anne begins to grieve the loss of her father as she once knew him.We see Anthony as slightly unstable with no obvious physical infirmities, but with each scene the picture becomes more complicated. In others, Anthony is angry and defiant, then in a moment scared and childlike in his need to be soothed. 

 

The genius of the film really lies in its structure and casting. Oscar-winner Hopkins gives one of the finest performances of his career as a man slowly losing his grip on reality and experiencing the full cycle of emotions that come with that. Besides, the movie is having different actors play the same role, so that when Anthony doesn't recognize his daughter, the audience experiences the same dissociation.

 

At the end of the film, we see Anthony in a care home bedroom with Anne Tellingly, she is explaining to him that together they need to make the decision for him to stay there. The last of his autonomy is almost gone, along with his ordered memories.