I had no idea this film existed at all or anything about it & then a couple of weeks ago while walking the science museum in London on the little tunnels there was a poster for this & i though hmm that looks sweet & then since then all i have done is read the synopsis & that is it. Other than that im going into this one completely blind. But thats what my odeon card is all about right. This could be really good & sweet so yea lets do this.
But first before we get to the number of people in the cinema, trailers & film itself, we need a minutes silence… My preferred chair in screen 8 is broken. I havent been in screen 8 for weeks (so its not like i broke it) but when i got there it had a cover over it saying maintenance please dont sit in…. 🙁 im not crying im not crying noooooooooo god bless you row 7 chairs 2 in screen 8 you were a true friend, properly comfortable.
Any how back to normal service. I lowered the average age in screen 8 to about 45 maybe. There was about 10 other people in there & id say the youngest of them was about 50ish (not that thats a problem) but id say the eldest were in there 80’s so being someone in there 20’s i lowered the age quiet a bit.
Trailers were all for much more old people films (no avengers deadpool etc) There was an NT theatre thing for macbeth, & one about a couple on a beach &  a mum that goes to uni with her daughter. But there is one i actually want to see. ITs called Book Club & it looks ridiculous & hilarious & the people in it arent shit. Sign me up with the old people for this i want in.
& then the film started… Oh i wasnt ready to watch a film like this people i really wasnt.
As some of you will have read when i reviewed Coco earlier in the year, my Grandpa has dementia & since writing the Coco review it has got worse, & my Grandma does struggle with him but does her best, & we support her in her choices & try to do our best to help her. In this film an old dieing of cancer Helen Mirren is married to Donald Sutherland who has Dementia. Oh i was not emotionally ready for that. I knew it was two old people going on one last road trip before they died, but oh god that hit that was horrible. I did alot of crying watching it, mainly because it was correct in every single respect, which made it hurt even more.

The fact that there kids try to support them & do what they feel is best, but actually the parents are like nah fuck it were doing our own thing, yea that happens.
The only thing thats completely wrong is that Donald is the one driving on the road trip. Nah sorry film thats completely wrong, in every single respect, he wouldnt still have his license. I do like the fact he just leaves her behind at one point & she has to catch up on a motor bike. Thats cool.
Theres a lot of scenery shots that are a bit too long, i know they drive across the country but its still alot of looking over a lake with a camper in it, driving over a bridge with a camper etc.
The saddest bit of the entire film is when they look at the old photos every night & he doesnt remember them or gets them all wrong everytime, thats sad really sad. Shes trying to help but it doesnt & shes watching him fade away.
The robbery is fun that was brilliant, everyone needs to see Helen Mirren with a gun telling people to fuck off. HAHA.

There is a huge gut punch when you learn something with about 30minutes of the film to go which makes you go noooooo, & feel really sad & makes you think oh god. But it was needed, it had to prove a point really.
In the end it was very predictable what was going to happen, but it was an emotional roller-coaster to get there. It was a really sweet loving film that tell the tale of old age & dementia very well. I related to this so much & enjoyed it as much as i could, while falling apart. Be emotionally ready for this film people, otherwise you will just fall apart.