“The Father” (**1/2 out of four) was a moderately endearing drama about an elderly man (Anthony Hopkins) who has to come to the disquieting realization that he’s losing his sanity and memory as he battles dementia and his newfound bitterness alienates his daughter (Olivia Colman) and others as he tries to make sense of what he has left in his life. Hopkins is always worth watching but story is uneven and never fully emotionally connects as richly and powerfully as it should. Co-written and directed by Florian Zeller who adapted his own 2012 play “Le Pere.”