“Anemone” (*1/2 out of four) was a rambling melodrama about two estranged brothers (Daniel Day Lewis and Sean Bean) who attempt to re-connect with one another after numerous life-changing events that took place earlier. Day Lewis’ long-awaited return to acting after his tentative retirement in 2017; great though it is to see him back on screen, film moves like molasses and has no real story to tell and drowns him out. Film marks the directorial debut of Lewis’ son Ronan. Beautiful lensing from Ben Fordesman is one of film’s few virtues.

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