‘The Father’ Asks: How Good Could The Best Movie About Dementia Possibly Be?

‘The Father’ Asks: How Good Could The Best Movie About Dementia Possibly Be?

Uproxx - News·2021-02-27 07:00

With its limited settings, intimate cast, and fractal structure, The Father seems almost specifically designed to drive a quarantined audience insane. Anthony Hopkins plays Anthony, a charming old London pensioner just barely holding onto reality as his mind deteriorates from dementia. The film is hallucinatory, constantly remixing a kaleidoscope of domestic scenes, putting you firmly inside the mind of this sad, disintegrating old man. It’s a staggeringly brilliant film and I can’t imagine why anyone would enjoy it.

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