Bill Nighy gives a restrained performance in this gentle, unoffensive film with a nice if somewhat cliche message about what it means to do something with your life that you'll be remembered for.
There's nothing wrong with this movie, but it's so determined to be proper and British that it never really comes alive either. Nighy has been honored with a Best Actor Oscar nomination. He's fine for what the role requires, but it's not an especially memorable performance, ironic since he plays a man who decides he wants to do something good he'll be remembered for after he dies. Aimee Lou Wood is the standout in this film. No one has ever made an overbite look cuter or more adorable.
Kazuo Ishiguro also received an Oscar nomination for the film's adapted screenplay, an update of the Kurosawa film "Ikiru."
Grade: B.
There's nothing wrong with this movie, but it's so determined to be proper and British that it never really comes alive either. Nighy has been honored with a Best Actor Oscar nomination. He's fine for what the role requires, but it's not an especially memorable performance, ironic since he plays a man who decides he wants to do something good he'll be remembered for after he dies. Aimee Lou Wood is the standout in this film. No one has ever made an overbite look cuter or more adorable.
Kazuo Ishiguro also received an Oscar nomination for the film's adapted screenplay, an update of the Kurosawa film "Ikiru."
Grade: B.