In which the creeping onset of Alzheimers requires distant cut-out children 'important business person' and 'hippy' to
placate their absence from fading-faster father Frank with a robot.
The central relationship is touching and reveals how
pride and loneliness are as much contributors to decline as any illness. Its
the car crash of caricatures around it that causes the problems - in particular
an odious neighbour who we are supposed to believe can dictate the nature of
police investigations. Yes this is the near future but personal police forces
are unlikely any day soon.
While still keeping the light touch this movie could
have had much more to say about dispersed families and onset illness but the
fanciful posturing around the edges dilutes the potential. So when it tries to
pull off the poignant reveal at the end it just feels like a contrivance too
far. Shame
5/10
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