The first thing to note about Anemone is that it marks a magnificent emergence from eight years of retirement for the great Daniel Day-Lewis , who stepped away from acting following 2017’s exquisite chamber piece, Phantom Thread . Looking lean and strong, with a shock of silver hair and a thick walrus mustache that might make Sam Elliott feel threatened, the three-time Oscar winner’s magnetic intensity remains undimmed. Playing a brooding, taciturn man living in self-imposed exile for two decades, Day-Lewis’ rugged performance provides a semblance of narrative weight in a drama that’s otherwise lacking.

The first thing to note about Anemone is that it marks a magnificent emergence from eight years of retirement for the great Daniel Day-Lewis , who stepped away from acting follow

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