Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, and Anthony Hopkins burn in intimate 1980-set family drama.
He clowns and suffers in public school, neither an ace student nor popular.
His bickering household is intense.
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None of this is played for cute nostalgia’s sake, or even laughs.
There’s also a doting grandfather, but banish anyBelfasttwinkles from mind.
But Gray makes up for it impressively by shading his characters in realistic, sometimes unflattering ways.
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If it wasn’t already clear, fairness is a myth in Gray’s universe.
A nuanced exploration of situational ethics tinged with guilt, it’s a small, near-perfect New York story.
