Director: Stephen Moyer
Writer: Denis O’Hare (Screenplay)
Starring: Denis O’Hare, Anna Paquin, Cynthia Nixon, Melissa Leo, Ed Asner, Rhys Ifans
Plot: A family dealing with their sister’s death travel across country to collect her belongings and piece together their memories of the woman they lost.
Runtime: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Parting Glass starts here follows a family Tommy (Asner) and children Danny (O’Hare), Mare (Nixon), Al (Leo) and son-in-law Karl (Ifans) going on trip across country to help clear up Karl’s wife Colleen (Paquin) apartment after her death.
The journey will see them needing to go through their memories, remembering the good times and understanding what might have caused the incident leading to the death of Colleen.
Thoughts on The Parting Glass
Thoughts – The Parting Glass is a drama that will show how the family will come together to deal with grief of losing a loved one, getting to walk down memory lane, while addressing what caused the death. This will show the flaws they have between each other and shows how they are all trying to get through the difficult situation together, even with Karl being more of an outsider to the sibling bond between the remaining siblings. It will show that certain things can be said in the heat of the moment, as the grief takes over. The performances in the film are wonderful, with the natural chemistry created between the characters. The film does have the ability to go from a happy memory to the extreme pain with the snap of the fingers, which will show the natural struggle people can through.
Final Thoughts – The Parting Glass is a great drama about family coming together to deal with grief.
