Wonderful family drama about love, sacrifice and change

Rating: 8/10 (6 December 2019)

A well made drama about family love, sacrifice, denial, conflict, failure, change and acceptance. A very down to earth "real life" film with a very strong script and superb acting by well established actors who were able to showcase their acting skills at a higher level (especially the casts that portrayed the parents & lawyers) due to the good material and directing in this film. Even the main child actor did a good job and looked genuine in delivering his role.
The movie portrays the beauty of family life especially the small details of affection and the act of taking care of each other whilst slowly revealing the underlying resentment of unresolved conflict, unkept promises and unfulfilled ambitions, from both sides in the relationship.
The movie also has a late 80s & early 90s vibe to it due the hairdos, dress ups, furnishing, sets and the colour tone of the movie even though you can see it is not truly set in those periods by the look of the cars, handphones and other technologies seen in the film. All this done in a good way to catapult your mind deeper in the drama and especially nostalgic for those who were kids and adults during those eras.
I think some aspects of the movie pays homage to the film Kramer vs Kramer which was great.