Sure it's kind of slight, sort of _just ends_, and hits upon certain themes and topics without fulling engaging but fuck it, I liked it. Out of recent director-plumbing-their-childhood-type movies of the past several years this one is easily my favorite, a rare 2-hour awards season movie that didn't feel its 2 hours to me

Anthony Hopkins is charming and charismatic in spades, if Judi Dench could get an Oscar nom for playing _typical grandma role_ in Belfast (when Caitríona Balfe was RIGHT. THERE.) I won't be mad at Hopkins nabbing a nom (though this movie's awards prospects seems to have dimmed considerably and seems to be receiving a cool reception from audiences/online film people), another in a line of solid Hopkins performances of the last several years in a late-career resurgence (The Dresser, King Lear, The Two Popes, The Father). I keep rooting for Anne Hathaway to pick better roles and this just may be the first movie that lived up to her talents in nearly a decade and though I may be in the minority, I really enjoyed the kid actors, not showing signs of being overly-directed or too much Hollywood movie precociousness