If your family has already gone through incipient or fully developed dementia with a parent or close grandparent, this movie is a VERY difficult watch. We did. It was painful at the time and painful to be reminded of years later.
Let me leave one piece of advice for families who struggle with dementia. Find a GREAT facility with a GREAT memory impaired wing. The normal person cannot substitute love and a desire to serve for the professional training required to deal with this disease. We tried, SO HARD, for six months and everyone was miserable. One incident in the movie reminded me of the day I had to take the keys out of the deadbolts and screw L-brackets onto the windows as we cared for my father-in-law.
Beau Bridges portrayal was perfect. Superb acting and on the money.
The movie lost stars for us from the other subplots. The writers were simply too ambitious with virtually everyone having a meltdown.
The two romances didn't have the scenes needed to properly build to their conclusions because of the overly packed plot.
You may appreciate much of this film as you watch it and relive some family trauma as well. Having once lived it, we won't relive it again by rewatching this film.
Let me leave one piece of advice for families who struggle with dementia. Find a GREAT facility with a GREAT memory impaired wing. The normal person cannot substitute love and a desire to serve for the professional training required to deal with this disease. We tried, SO HARD, for six months and everyone was miserable. One incident in the movie reminded me of the day I had to take the keys out of the deadbolts and screw L-brackets onto the windows as we cared for my father-in-law.
Beau Bridges portrayal was perfect. Superb acting and on the money.
The movie lost stars for us from the other subplots. The writers were simply too ambitious with virtually everyone having a meltdown.
The two romances didn't have the scenes needed to properly build to their conclusions because of the overly packed plot.
You may appreciate much of this film as you watch it and relive some family trauma as well. Having once lived it, we won't relive it again by rewatching this film.