The Father

  • Rated PG 13
  • 1hr 37m
  • 86

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Director:

Florian Zeller

Writer:

Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller

Release Date:

Dec 18, 2020

Runtime:

1hr 37m

Synopsis

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

Cast

  • Anthony Hopkins
  • Olivia Colman
  • Mark Gatiss
  • Olivia Williams

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100
Feb 1, 2020

The best film about the wages of aging since Amour eight years ago, The Father takes a bracingly insightful, subtle and nuanced look at encroaching dementia and the toll it takes on those in close proximity to the afflicted.

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Todd McCarthy
The Hollywood Reporter
80
Feb 1, 2020

On the whole, The Father incorporates what could have just been a storytelling gimmick and infuses it with such sorrow, grace and even the occasional dark joke that it becomes a profound exploration of how we say goodbye to someone dear to us — even though they have not yet really gone.

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Tim Grierson
Screen Daily
90
Feb 1, 2020

The Father is an act of understanding, radical in its toughness and its generous artistry.

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Richard Lawson
Vanity Fair
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