4/10
Downbeat Brit drama that sadly doesn't come close to "The Father" that it aspires to
8 February 2023
In downbeat Brit drama "The Almond And The Seahorse" traumatic brain injuries render Trine Dyrholm & Celyn Jones with no memories of their lives each morning they wake, which hugely strains respective partners Charlotte Gainsbourg & Rebel Wilson (meh) - despite help from arrogant know-it-all doc Meera Syal (meh) & staff. Jones' performance is the best here (edging Gainsbourg) perhaps cos he also co-wrote (with Kaite O'Reilly) & co-directed (with fellow debutant director Tom Stern)... tho it seems he's a better actor than writer / director. He tries doing for brain injuries what "The Father" did for dementia, but sadly doesn't come even close to that superb movie.
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