A man's grip on reality loosens, revealing a disorienting and intimate world of doubt and melancholy.
Suspenseful and cerebral. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
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No sex or nudity and mild language, about what a PG-13 should carry.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 7.
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A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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