Two caretakers watch over a once great actor now slowly slipping way into the goodnight of dimentia.
Containing some of the best performances you'll see all year as well as some of the best filmmaking, WATCHING MR PEARSON is a film you'll want to see because its a film that shows when talented people make a movie that they care about. This is a film that survives because the craft of the film lifts the whole film up several places.
If that is an odd thing to say, I apologize, but the script, while not terrible, is not up to the cast and everything else. The problem is not so much we've been here before, but rather the dialog isn't as spot on as the cast. People don't always talk or behave like that, and some of the movie recreations don't ring real. It might have worked with the lesser cast, but this cast is top of the line and working at their peak and you notice that the words are not as real as the people speaking them.
That isn't to say the film is bad, it is not. It is simply to say that you'll end up liking this film even though you shopuld have come out loving it.
Quibbles aside this is worth a look for anyone wanting to see a film with real people on screen.
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