Grandpa's Great Escape

Great film adapted from a great book. With a stellar cast. Very enjoyable worth the watch. This film is for all ages.

I found this film so difficult to review. As a story it's emotional and does capture the viewers attention. This a basically a story of family connections. Yet the way dementia is shown is for me at least extremely disrespectful. Gives the sense that it's game which this illness is not. Left me with a very uncomfortable feeling.

As a healthcare provider I cringe from the state of the care home but I understand it's only a film 😬 Otherwise its brilliant.

After watching this movie I felt so shocked. Brace yourself.

David Walliam's children's story Grandpa's Great Escape is probably more Dahl like.

A real flight of fancy as Grandpa was a heroic Spitfire pilot during the Battle of Britain.

Now in the 1980s he is suffering from Alzheimer's and his family are struggling to care for him. His grandson Jack fights for him to stay with them but Grandpa is sent to Twilight Towers.

The nursing home is run like Colditz by the formidable Miss Dandy who also wants a passport and the latest will for identification purposes.

Being set in the 1980s allows for nostalgia of New Romantic tunes as Jack's sister swoons for Duran Duran.

It is a sweet but silly comedy drama that only soars when Grandpa organises his escape.

I think in the 1980s there were several nursing homes not far removed from Twilight Towers that kept their inmates drugged up.