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ANEMONE explores the complex and profound ties that exist between brothers, fathers, and sons.
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Returning Daniel Day-Lewis to the screen with all his ferocious talent intact, Anemone succeeds more as a showcase for its star's evergreen magnetism and debut director Ronan Day-Lewis' stylistic flair than as a cohesive drama.

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Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (LAist) Dec 31
Dad delivers for Junior. Go to Full Review
Wendy Ide Observer (UK) Nov 10
An undisciplined, incoherent slog that is overloaded with empty symbolism and showy thesping. It manages to make one of the finest actors of his generation look like an undignified ham and to squander the talents of the always impressive Samantha Morton. Go to Full Review
David Jenkins Little White Lies Nov 8
2/5
After a strong opening drag, there’s the feeling that the film doesn’t really have anything more to say, its revelations seeming fairly paltry in the scheme of things. Go to Full Review
Jeff Beck The Blu Spot Dec 24
2.5/5
Anemone is sadly a rather misguided outing. It relies far too heavily on Daniel Day-Lewis to save it from its lack of substance, but this is not something that can be so easily fixed. Go to Full Review
John Stark Mac the Movie Guy Dec 7
55/100
Anemone could have been remembered for being the bold return of Daniel Day Lewis and the introduction to the next generation, but instead leaves the family legacy possibly ending on a rare blemish. Go to Full Review
Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Nov 26
2.5/5
Less about the sins of the father than the sins of the father-son screenwriting exercise. Go to Full Review
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Destry C Nov 20 I never thought I would ever see the day when I would write that a Daniel Day-Lewis movie was just about the worst movie I have ever seen in my life. Aside from his as usual superb acting, and the strong performance of Sean Bean, this movie was like staring at a deep hole filled with smelly, stagnant bilge water. The direction, writing (although Daniel Day-Lewis co-wrote), and film school symbols at an attempt for relevancy and depth, i.e. that hideous luminous dinosaur-like creature, and the oversized fish, had amateur-Nepo-baby-I only got this directorial gig because of who my dad is exposure written all over it. The senior Day-Lewis' other voyage into nepotism was the almost equally rotten outing of his wife, The Ballad of Jack and Rose. This latest movie was so bad, it was physically repulsive. Although some of the visuals showed artistic promise, when you go to a movie with someone who has the acting caliber of Day-Lewis and Bean, you somehow expect to experience something that goes beyond just being promising. Truthfully, it even failed to achieve that. See more Oct 23 What a bore. Artsy fartsy. Shots of the landscape were nice and all but come on. It was downright boring. See more Oct 19 kind of shallow and a little scattered... See more Oct 13 It was a solid character piece but 5 star b/c DDL still got his fastball and I need this man to keep acting. See more Oct 11 I have never seen a movie this bad. See more Oct 11 So great to see Daniel Day Lewis. Hes worth the ticket alone to watch. Sean Bean and Samantha Morton are always good to see. The cinematography is beautiful. Meditation on fatherhood and brotherhood tied kinda vaguely into the Troubles in Northern Ireland. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis ANEMONE explores the complex and profound ties that exist between brothers, fathers, and sons.
Director
Ronan Day-Lewis
Producer
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
Screenwriter
Daniel Day-Lewis, Ronan Day-Lewis
Distributor
Focus Features
Production Co
Plan B Entertainment
Rating
R (Language Throughout)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 3, 2025, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.1M
Runtime
2h 1m
Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1
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