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This interview originally published during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
We are republishing it on the occasion of the movies release in theaters.
She cries out to her husband in sheer disbelief.
You dont blame Nighys Edward for leaving.
Nighy plays Edward in his familiar key of awkward formality, stammering and keeping his gaze guiltily low.
He cant plead Graces case when he doesnt fully buy it.
The actor is affecting: He seems ultimately as puzzled by his parents union as the writer-director does.
But he does one thing very well: comedy.
Bening seems more in her element snapping at the dog than she does delivering theatrical plaints.
Hes reaching for something he never gets: Thats not a bad way to lose.
Unlike Grace, he loses gracefully.
