Warm, funny, full of life and sadness. Williamson in Bergman mode, maybe. He's famed for his ability to write boomers but he also does the older generation well, never better than this one. It helps that the lead guy was based on Kristen's stepdad (I think).
It's a wonderful work. The short scenes are effective here because so much time is covered. The support characters of the daughter, the doctor, the annoying neighbour are all sympathetically sketched. I wondered if perhaps it misses a reunion between Frank and his estranged son. The Brett Whitley comedy at the end is funny.
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