I just feel sometimes that I wish I had not watched this film, but I am so happy I did. I say so, because- what they show is painfully correct. From not knowing what is happening to yourself to trying to run away from it, giving up but not entirely because it feels there might still be hope of everything returning to its normal is what the entire movie is about.
In this movie, you will see a man/husband/father/friend/son clueless and confused about why things are the way they have become. You will see an equally clueless and angry wife because she is unable to control how the things are. The children have their own paths to understand the circumstances and that they might never get their father back. It is beautiful and it all feels very true- like they weren't acting.
The movie moves towards the end like it would just go bad and bad(for the family- not movie), you see the catharsis and the ending you want to see. It is not actually a happy ending, but it is an ending which is most realistic like a slower path- just trying to get back the life together.
My favourite scenes are definitely at the end, where Alan(played amazingly by David Tennant- man I keep falling in love with his acting again and again) tells his son about a long term memory and now how his future depends on what he does. That he will be the one in the big orange car now and his son has to be his father half the time. And he even says the most dad thing he could say in front of the entire dorm-"Don't get chlamydia!" And, of course the penultimate scene with an amazing song in the background, how Alan breaks down in front of his wife and how he wants to conquer the monsters.
It is definitely a must watch because it is so rare these days for such movies to even exist.
In this movie, you will see a man/husband/father/friend/son clueless and confused about why things are the way they have become. You will see an equally clueless and angry wife because she is unable to control how the things are. The children have their own paths to understand the circumstances and that they might never get their father back. It is beautiful and it all feels very true- like they weren't acting.
The movie moves towards the end like it would just go bad and bad(for the family- not movie), you see the catharsis and the ending you want to see. It is not actually a happy ending, but it is an ending which is most realistic like a slower path- just trying to get back the life together.
My favourite scenes are definitely at the end, where Alan(played amazingly by David Tennant- man I keep falling in love with his acting again and again) tells his son about a long term memory and now how his future depends on what he does. That he will be the one in the big orange car now and his son has to be his father half the time. And he even says the most dad thing he could say in front of the entire dorm-"Don't get chlamydia!" And, of course the penultimate scene with an amazing song in the background, how Alan breaks down in front of his wife and how he wants to conquer the monsters.
It is definitely a must watch because it is so rare these days for such movies to even exist.