**Not sure if there are spoilers - but I think what I wrote is in the trailer - but just in case I am writing this part first **
If you are looking for a plot-heavy drama you won't find it here. But if you are like me, and appreciate a journey that feels like something you might have gone through, something relatable and character-driven - then this is your movie. I long for these types of movies. The complexities of relationships and human interaction - not screaming at you. The flaws. Bening as the wife of 29 years who is surprised when her husband leaves her, is a deeply flawed - maybe even unlikeable - character, but you can't help feeling her pain. Bill Nighy is another character that you want to dislike, perhaps feel sorry for - angry at! (Because how dare he be so weak and callous - and victimized at the same time !). But isn't it just reality? When someone wants to leave - when they've had enough - they just do it. When someone is unhappy, sometimes the push is "someone else". No matter if you are in later life - a history, lifetime shared with someone else. And even the hints of "Angela said" throughout the movie - a subtle but powerful peek into the vulnerability of Nighy's character and the power Angela has over him (not unlike the power his wife had over him - and we wonder where that will lead) - even towards the end when "Angela" nods at him to go after his ex, and he does so immediately at her approval. The worried, adult son is another character - and we DO like him, and his emotions come spilling out with only a soft glance - and he is pulled between his parents and the different places they have settled (happy and unhappy). If you are good at catching the subtleties and are appreciative of a slower-moving movie (like a wagon ride through an impeccable countryside on a dismal day - with the clouds beginning to part only as you reach the end) - then ENJOY! I did.
