This speaks to a very particular experience and it's not one that will resonate with everyone. It's definitely a film geared towards women, but specifically older women and somehow feels timely and yet also mired in the past.Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce) is a bestselling novelist with a long career when he is notified that he will receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm, Sweden. His wife, Joan (Glenn Close), is proud but also bittersweet as she reflects on all the moments that led them to that point. The ceremony is further complicated by their son David's (Max Irons) inferiority complex and a sly reporter (Christian Slater) stirring up drama.
This is set in the 90s and that's probably the most recent time period it could have been set to depict the circumstances. That's both encouraging and depressing. (I'm trying to not spoil the big reveal of the movie, even though it's pretty obvious once you think about it, so if this seems a little vague that's why.) Encouraging because girls and women who are going to college and looking at jobs are much more aware of their own value and depressing because it has taken this long to get to that point.
Glenn Close is excellent in this role but I do feel like I need to highlight Annie Starke who played Joan in the flashbacks. She only has five credits on IMDb and three of those have been alongside Glenn Close so her mimicry has got to be on point at this stage. I think she's an up-and-comer, especially after this exposure.
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