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Thursday, July 26, 2018

Finding Your Feet (2017)

On a recent transatlantic flight, I watched two movies that deal directly with aging, death, and disappointment.  This is a largely upbeat one (although truthfully I cried through some of the ending, it was a good kind of crying).
One thing to note about it is that it is British.  When it comes to senior oriented cinema that glorifies the act of seizing the day and taking second chances in one’s golden years, actors who come from the United Kingdom are far more adept at the genre than their Hollywood counterparts.  They seem to have a well rounded supply of actors who are of a certain age and can act.  The script is well done, and there are no stars here, it is a shared stage for them all.
The story is almost secondary, but Sandra finds out at her husband's retirement dinner that he has been carrying on with a neighbor woman for several years, and now that she knows, they are going to have a go at it.  The errant spouse keeps saying he never meant to hurt her, but really, that doesn't hold water.  What did he mean?  Sandra is miserable, moves in with her estranged sister who finds her titled sibling tiresome, but she attempts to pump some air back into her, and low and behold, there is someone else who emerges.  A few bumps but overall very well done.

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