"The results are both mind-bending and heart-rending."
— Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail
"The Father is an act of understanding, radical in its toughness and its generous artistry."
— Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair
"It’s not an easy watch, but it’s a necessary one, a film that examines the very essence of our humanity."
— Alex Saveliev, Film Threat
"A very inventive and accomplished debut for Zeller: an awesomely difficult subject beautifully, movingly brought to the cinema screen."
— David Stratton, The Australian
"It's a tough watch but a structurally powerful piece of storytelling with a powerhouse performance at its center, matched by a supporting ensemble that doesn't have a weak link."
— Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
"Over the course of 97 increasingly grim minutes, Zeller's puzzle-box drama distills the abstract concept of senility into an ontological experience that denies your sympathy at almost every turn."
— David Ehrlich, indieWire
"Director/co-writer Florian Zeller, adapting his stage play, exhibits the psychodramatic rigour of Michael Haneke or Stanley Kubrick, but also compassion and real understanding of mental-health issues."
— Peter Howell, Toronto Star
"There have been few better attempts on screen to capture dementia, punctuated by a staggering performance from Anthony Hopkins, a brilliant cherry on top of the 83-year-old actor's extraordinary career."
— Brian Lowry, CNN.com
"The best film about the wages of aging since Amour eight years ago, The Father takes a bracingly insightful, subtle and nuanced look at encroaching dementia and the toll it takes on those in close proximity to the afflicted."
— Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter
"The Father is a chamber piece, but it has the artistic verve to keep twisting the reality it shows us without becoming a stunt. All the actors in The Father are vivid (Colman brings her role a loving vulnerability that warms you), but Hopkins is flat-out stunning."
— Owen Gleiberman, Variety
