This film is a moving psychological drama in which a husband and wife, married for forty four years, must learn to let go of one another after the wife is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The film includes strong performances from both Julie Christie as Fiona, and Gordon Pinsent as Grant.
From the beginning of the film, when Fiona places a frying pan into the freezer to the last shot of the movie, the film encompasses a wide range of emotions. This includes the feeling of loss when Grant places Fiona into a care facility, to which she has agreed to, to seeing her become friendly with a male resident. The brief times her memory is illuminated is as painful as it is welcome. Unfortunately, the film has two strong profanities and a night of adultery between two characters, and therefore cannot received our Dove-Family Approved Seal.