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The Father is a rare example of a film that is outstandingly 10 out of 10, but extremely hard to recommend. An emotional roller coaster ride and a feel bad movie that will frustrate, disturb and crush the heart of most audiences. Incredible cast performance, brilliantly written and acted, though the heavy dialogue and painfully-realistic subject matter will not speak to everyone. The uncomfortable depth and fragmented reality happening entirely throughout upset me numerous times and I felt like I was being tortured. When I went home I could not stop thinking about Anthony the character and Anthony the actor. Happy to have finally seen it but will not revisit for a long time. Truly a masterpiece but insanely hard to watch.

Not sure what movie others here were watching but I liked it tremendously. It was very gentle. The pacing and tone are soft and slow which isn't going to speak to an audience who might be expecting high action and thrills. Wonderful scenery. There is a real atmosphere that lulls you to a false sense of security. I work in an independant theatre and every show has sold out. Quite frankly I had no interest but a few customers strongly recommended it and so I went. Wasn't disappointed at all. Great cast and acting. Sorry to see so many bad reviews.

I rented this so I could say that I fairly judged it. The idea buried somewhere deep inside has potential but it's suffocated in egotism and a sort of displaced want of wellbeing. I am not autistic and I can't speak for the autistic community but the portrayal of autism here is extremely limited at best and completely dehumanizing at worst. More than anything, at least to me, it felt like a vanity project for Sia. After watching this I have to question if her heart really was in the right place or if this is just a terribly misguided attempt at something far beyond her capabilities as an artist. The music and dance numbers don't seem at all conducive to an audience that sometimes suffers auditory and sensory disturbances related to loud, clashing sounds and vibrant strobes of color. Ontop of that, the vision doesn't make much sense but rather paints autism as a type of magical thought process where the subject exhibits a life of hypervigilant lucidity and sudden throes of theatric fun and colorful disassociation in their mind. There is nothing charming or educational or enlightening about this movie, sorry to say, and the criticism is well deserved. Moving on from those critical flaws, the writing is abysmal and the storyline is as linear as a storyline can get. From the very beginning with the death of the grandmother each character is introduced as a trope to keep the plot moving as opposed to building upon it. If nothing else Music should have been the focus of the story not the side supporting character to Zu, and she should have been dialed down so she didn't encapsulate one small fraction of the autistic spectrum. Unfortunately her presence felt a lot like a plot device. Selfish is the only word I have for that kind of medium. The music and dance numbers are very good and very entertaining but they do not work in a film like this, which is why I think Sia did not make a movie about an autistic character but made a movie showcasing her artistic style instead with a very superficial portrayal of autism plastered over top. Intentional or not, it's badly done. The most positive thing I can say is that I enjoyed the songs but good songs do not a good movie make. It's a terrible shame because the potential is there and could have been something groundbreaking had it been handled by an experienced director and screen writer instead of someone with no background. Sia had a place in this kind of film just not at the helm.