An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, at first, I thought it would be another half-baked drama starring Hilary Swank (that her career turned out to be a disappointment after no less than 2 Academy Awards is definitely an understatement) but I have to admit that the damned thing was not bad at all after all. Indeed, even if it was maybe nothing really ground-breaking, it was still a convincing drama about a rather ordinary family facing the dreadful challenges of Alzheimer’s disease. Above, all the characters were well written and felt genuine and the whole cast did a fine job here (Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster, Blythe Danner, Taissa Farmiga). I was in fact above all impressed by Robert Forster who was pretty much pitch-perfect here and it’s interesting that the guy delivered such a strong performance so late in his career (In fact, it would be one of the last movies he made before dying in 2019 giving his work in this movie an extra layer). Eventually, the only thing preventing this movie from being even more compelling was the fact that every character had their own sub-plot but it turned out to be too much to handle. I mean, it wasn’t necessarily a bad idea, it did make sense that all of them had their own issue, that’s how life goes and, even if there is some major tragedy impacting a whole family, everyone has also their own little trouble going on. Unfortunately, there was just not enough room or time to develop each sub-plot and the biggest victim was probably Taissa Farmiga’s character. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a solid drama and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.