This was a rather bizarre film.
Pros: Anthony Hopkins shines as the elderly and aptly named Anthony, who is clearly losing his mind though the pieces don't come together until the end. He won his second and surprise Oscar for this role and he's great, and you can't help but feel sorry for him as he's utterly lonely. Olivia Colman is also great as his long suffering daughter, Anne. Rufus Sewell is such an asshole as Anne's boyfriend, Paul, who is downright cruel to Anthony.
Cons: The plot is rather confusing and though it does sort of tie together at the end, I kept waiting for a truly crazy plot twist and that never happened. And the sets all look rather similar (by design) so the viewer is just as confused as Anthony.
Recommend: I guess, I mean Hopkins won an Oscar, after all.
Grade: B
Side Notes:
-So the twist was that Anthony started imagining the staff workers were his relatives, that's how lonely he was.
-I wonder how many chickens Anthony ate during the dinner scene.
-Anthony was getting so forgetful he forgot that his youngest daughter, Lucy, had had a tragic accident.
-Laura (Imogene Potts) appears only briefly and might even be a character that only exists in Anthony's mind.
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