Anemone Review: Daniel Day-Lewis’s Performance Is Far Superior To This Inert Psychological Drama

Anemone is like recalling a memory; its sharpness dulled by a vagueness that blurs over time. Directed by Ronan Day-Lewis from a screenplay he co-wrote with his father Daniel Day-Lewis (who also stars as Ray Stoker), Anemone is an ambitious film about brothers, fathers, and all that’s said and isn’t between them. There’s a sense of violence that divides them, with Ray, who went off-grid years prior and now lives in the woods of Ireland, being called back by his brother, Jem (Sean Bean), to help Ray and Nessa’s (Samantha Morton) son, Brian (Samuel Bottomley).