I watched this last night, having put it off for ages because I’m in a similar position with my dad so it cuts close to the bone.
Is it just me to feel disappointed with it?
It purports (does it?) to be about the difficulties of loving care for the father's rapidly dissolving identity. But why did no one (including the lovely Olivia Colman, who can do no wrong as far as I’m concerned, especially since The Favourite ) sit him down and say something like “Tell me what you’re experiencing. I know it’s scary. How do we make sense of this together?”?
Why was the stiff upper lip, putting on a brave face, and complying with social conventions at all costs given the upper hand?
Or was that the point? Was it meant to be a portrayal of how the comfortable middle (upper middle? upper? I have no idea) classes fail to deal with the reality of senile dementia?
Just interested to know how others felt when watching this.