Anemone

  • Drama
10/2/2025
126
R

All is not forgiven.

Middle-aged Jem sets out from his suburban home on a journey into the woods, where he reconnects with his estranged hermit brother Ray. Bonded by a mysterious, complicated past, the men share a fraught, if occasionally tender relationship—one that was forever altered by shattering events decades earlier.

Revenue:
$1,100,800
Budget:
$11,000,000

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  • Brent_Marchant

    When a new filmmaker emerges on the scene, that director is often held to an almost impossibly high level of scrutiny, as if being judged before a panel evaluating a grad students thesis. To a certain extent, that can be an arduous but worthwhile trial to see if the candidate has what it takes to defend his or her case and, ultimately, to cut it in the field into which entry is being sought. At the same time, though, its important to remember that the cinematic newcomer has likely never attempted anything like this before and that theres bound to be an inescapable learning curve involved. Such are the circumstances surrounding the debut offering from Ronan Day-Lewis in his first feature outing, an ambitious if sometimes-flawed collaboration...

    October 1, 2025
  • msbreviews

    FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://talkingfilms.net/anemone-review-a-visually-grand-emotionally-impenetrable-return-for-daniel-day-lewis/

    "Anemone will go down in history for marking the return of a legend whose potential was, for the most part, wasted.

    Ronan Day-Lewis' debut exhibits remarkable aesthetic courage and unbridled ambition, but his insistence on symbolism and pretentiousness robs the audience of any chance to establish a lasting emotional connection. Daniel Day-Lewis' mastery is transformed into an artistic sacrifice, where infinite monologues become pieces of a puzzle never clarified or completed.

    It's a movie that uses personal trauma as raw material but fails to make us feel the weight of that pain, ultimately becom...

    October 15, 2025

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