This afternoon, I walked into the city centre. From locking our front door to arriving at "The Showroom" cinema took exactly forty eight minutes.. I was there to see the film version of "The Salt Path" starring Gillian Anderson as Raynor Winn and Jason Isaacs as her husband Moth. Some readers may remember me reviewing this book during the time of COVID. Go here.
I had heard some negative film reports but having enjoyed the book I was determined to see the film for myself. Besides, John Gray over at "Going Gently" recently wrote fondly about the film. Go here.
I was very glad that I bothered. I felt that the film-makers did a fine job of transferring the 274 page personal account onto the silverscreen. Very sensitively done with the full approval of the authoress herself. In my opinion, playing Raynor Winn, Gillian Anderson did a brilliant job. She delivered her lines as though she had been born and raised in Staffordshire, England and not in various places like Chicago, Illinois and Grand Rapids, Michigan. What a talented actress she is.
It was lovely to watch a film that is gentle, relatable and life-affirming. There are no guns or knives, just a path to trudge along with rucksacks on the lead characters' backs. Nature revealed many things to Raynor and Moth and there were emotional ups and downs - a trajectory that mirrored the rising and falling nature of the path itself.
Last month, "The Guardian" reviewer wrote in glowing terms about "The Salt Path" and yet surprisingly only awarded it three stars. I think my only complaint would be that it ended too soon. The film did not take us to the very end of the coastal walk and I would have happily sat through another hour or so.
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