Thursday, May 11, 2023

Hall of starlight and stone

The novel A Man Called Ove (2012) by Fredrik Backman was great. Hannes Holm's film (2015) was a brilliant adaptation. And Marc Forster's A Man Called Otto (2022) follows suit. Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a 63-year-old widower in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is preparing a suicide after retiring from his job at a steel company. But something turns his world around. An emotionally rewarding piece.

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