Annette Bening gives an Oscar worthy performance as the abandoned wife, embittered and hostile. Her change from happy wife to angry unhappy almost ex-wife with little more than facial expressions is brilliant. Bill Nighy is similarly brilliant as the husband. One feels for both and for neither: both are to blame. We experience the moment to moment pain of a man telling his wife he is leaving her and her in shock at hearing it. Then we experience the aftermath.
Josh O'Connor, in the slightly smaller part as the son is also at his best.
Not an easy film, being too close to how people really behave. Highly recommended.
Josh O'Connor, in the slightly smaller part as the son is also at his best.
Not an easy film, being too close to how people really behave. Highly recommended.