The Father .

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#TheFather

Yup, the hype you've heard is true, the acting is *extra*ordinary: Poots, Colman, &, of course, the one, the *only* Hopkins!

What a film debut for young Zeller(wait, he's already a well-established, award-winning playwright, jeez, over-achieve much🤩!), six #Oscars noms right off the bat, helped, of course, by the great Hampton(full disclosure: I only know his estimable film output…sheesh, I gotta get more cultured😜).

And the production designer…that London flat, holy [bleep]!, such stuff as real-estate-dreams are made on.

Oh, yeah, the acting, look at this point *every*one loves Colman, the World's Worst Kept Actors'-Actor Secret, and she is absolutely vital here, good g*d she breaks your heart(and chills you for an #Amour-second😨). But, dude, how about ray-of-sunshine Poots(finally given a chance to act in her mother tongue)?, in fact, that Bathrobe Whisky Scene will be studied in acting workshops for decades to come.

But, dude, this thing *belongs* to Hopkins. Look, I've been the world's biggest AH fan since…okay, we're not doing a career retrospective here(hopefully, that will have to wait for decades from now🙏!), and you'll hear the word "quicksilver"(isn't he an Avenger😂?) bandied about quite a bit in the reviews…and whatever word you use to describe the sensational, protean(🤓) work he does here just won't be enough.

Let's hope we're just in the beginning of a Hopkinssance, he won't win this year, but hopefully he'll get another chance soon enough, if anyone deserves that elusive second Acting #Oscar it's Sir Tony!

PS. As TBH's beloved "aunt" Nancy used to say: getting old's a b*tch😬!

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#FlorianZeller #ChristopherHampton #LudovicoEinaudi #PeterFrancis
(The Great)#AnthonyHopkins #OliviaColman #ImogenPoots #OliviaWilliams #RufusSewell #MarkGatiss
@thefathermovieus @sonyclassics @florianzellerofficiel

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