Diary Entry forThe Father
The farther is a beautiful yet tragic film of dementia, something which I haven’t seen any loved one go through so my understanding before watching was limited. However, this film beautifully shows how troubling and difficult it can be to go through it first hand, and it’ll leave you feeling sad and down. Brilliant acting and an effective watch.
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The Father
This movie doesn’t want you oriented. It wants you lost. And by the time you understand why, it’s already broken you.
The Father
getting mind fuck and feeling so much pain is a perfect combination for me to watch at the middle of the night while also feeling like shit yes
The Father
“I feel as if I’m losing all my leaves,” With that single line, The Father stops being a film you watch and becomes something you inhabit. Florian Zeller doesn’t just depict dementia — he weaponizes cinema itself to make you experience its quiet, suffocating terror. Rooms change when you aren’t looking. Faces rearrange themselves. Conversations slip through your fingers like water. You begin to doubt not just Anthony, but your own memory, your own perception, your own certainty. It’s disorienting in a way that feels almost cruel, and yet deeply necessary. Anthony Hopkins gives a performance that feels less like acting and more like exposure. He moves between charm, cruelty, confusion, and childlike fear with such fragile unpredictability that you’re never sure who he’ll be from one moment to the next. Watching him slowly lose his grasp on reality feels like watching a person disappear while still standing in front of you. It’s devastating precisely because he knows something is wrong, but can’t stop it. What makes The Father unbearable in the best way is its refusal to offer comfort. There’s no sentimentality, no easy emotional manipulation, no reassuring distance. It traps you inside a mind that is betraying itself, and forces you to sit with the grief of losing yourself piece by piece. By the end, there is no dignity left in the conventional sense — only vulnerability, fear, and the aching need to be held. It doesn’t just break your heart. It makes you mourn something while it’s still alive.
The Father
This movie scared me, what if my family or i experienced what Anthony did? It would be very trouble for other people and i don't want to be like that. While watching the movie i felt what Anthony felt suddenly i became a confused and forgetful person.
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