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“The Father” (Sony Classics)

By: The Catholic Post   -   March 17, 2021   -   Movie Review Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams

Olivia Colman and Anthony Hopkins star in a scene from the movie "The Father." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults.(CNS/Sean Gleason, Sony Classics)

By Catholic News Service While this drama has nothing new to say about the challenges of dementia, it does present the difficulties resulting from that illness in an innovative way. In adapting his play with co-screenwriter Christopher Hampton, director Florian Zeller portrays the mental confusion of a man in his 80s (Anthony Hopkins) by keeping […]