Anthony Hopkins' performance in twisty Alzheimer's drama 'The Father' feels like a career capstone
4 ½ stars (out of 5) "Have you ever walked along a shoreline, only to have your footprints washed away?" legendary basketball coach Pat Summit once asked, describing her struggle with Alzheimer's. "The waves erase the marks we leave behind, all the sandcastles." In The Father, it's an octogenarian named Anthony whose sandcastles are getting washed away. The character shares the name and birthdate of the actor portraying him (Anthony Hopkins), but the film is not biographical. Instead, writer-director Florian Zeller based the drama on his 2012 Molière Award-winning play, Le Père, which t...