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Anemone (2025)
Rate:
3
Viewed:
3/26
3/26:
Daniel Day-Lewis announced retirement from acting after Phantom Thread
but decided to come back eight years later.
Why is that? So he can do a piece of shit for his son called Anemone. The last time he did something
similar was for his wife: The Ballad of Jack and Rose.
And it's among the most bizarre movies I've seen in my life. The other one is considerably worse.
Anemone doesn't start until the twentieth minute mark. Then, Daniel Day-Lewis proceeds to tell the
worst story in cinema history, causing me to ask, "Why do I have to hear that?" After a while, a pattern
emerges: a lot of nothing while the landscape is shown that's accompanied by heavy background music between
several minutes of substance. That's when I knew his son was an inept filmmaker.
Of course, there's a bit of mystery, but I had been forced to wait for almost two hours to find out what the
hell the fuss was about. By the time Daniel Day-Lewis let the cat out of the bag, it solidly confirmed the
movie was a total waste of my time. Although his acting isn't a problem, he should've stayed retired unless
Jim Sheridan has something interesting for him to work on.
Meanwhile, Sean Bean is worthless; anyone is capable of his role by sitting there. Even I can do that but will
instead tell his co-star, "Who the fuck cares? And while at that, stop misusing 'were' for 'was.' You just
sound stupid." Not that I mind, but this time, there's so much profanity that it makes the amateurish
screenplay much more awful to listen to.
All in all, Anemone is barely a movie that conveys nothing of importance.