The Father - Reviews

It’s some of the absolute best work of Hopkins’ lengthy and storied career.

...in choosing Anthony Hopkins as his lead, Zeller has made the rare choice that is as obvious as it is correct.

Le Pére, is able to turn devastating illness into a kind of disjointed poetry — and one still threaded with real emotional resonance — is a testament to his skill as a first-time filmmaker.

...no one should have been surprised by Hopkins’s win, since his performance in this highly praised stage-to-screen melodrama is pure Oscar-bait: showy, wordy and worthy.

...Hopkins, Colman, Williams, Sewell and Poots give us an eyeful and and earful of a fate awaiting far too many of us in this quietly gripping and intimate drama.

Hopkins and Colman are superb. It is a film about grief and what it means to grieve for someone who is still alive.

It’s a film about the bone-chilling horror of living with dementia and it’ll haunt me for weeks.

Hopkins is extraordinary as a man flailing against a condition that’s taking everything from him.

The entire film is a magic trick; a dangerous, mature, and cunning movie-making adroitness that would make Keyser Söze give a Mr. Mayagi nod of appreciation (yes, I went for two wildly different film references there).