The Salt Path

I' will confess that I was slightly underwhelmed by this film but nonetheless I still enjoyed it. Although the basis is based on real events there are no great surprises and this kind of thing has been seen before in other films in recent years such as A Walk In the Woods or The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.but

That being said, Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson are both excellent and hold the slight story together very well. Anderson has never looked less glamorous as she does here and is almost unrecognisable putting in an understated but believable performance. Isaac's similarly looked different to what we've seen him in before and shows us all that given a good script he is actually a surprisingly deep actor. The two of them work very well together and you really do feel their despair and believe their love for each other keeps them strangely optimistic, dignified and grateful for small mercies.

The film does sag a little bit in places and doesn't really expand much on what led to their bankruptcy. That said though the film is a small scale effort held together by some big performances. Perhaps not essential viewing but a rewarding one nonetheless.

Thoroughly enjoyed the movie, because of the nature shots, intimate scènes between Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs and I just wanted to stay in that world a little longer. They are showing their real faces, wrinkles and spots and all, and I loved them for it.

I've read the book and I feel they followed it quite strictly. Seeing the movie gave me that extra time I would have liked after I finished the book.

The way the movie is written, it solves for 'endless walking scenes' by shocking you to life every 10m or so. Either by an event, the light, or music, or something. That was well thought through, so it's not just forever walking till boredom. At all.

The connection between Anderson and Isaacs feels genuine.

It's hopeful, adventurous, reinvigorating, and touches upon loss and homelessness in a not all-consuming way.

Perhaps not my usual type of film. I hadn't read the book and wasn't aware of any of the story except what I had seen in the trailers. It was a story beautifully told and well acted by Gillian Anderson and Jason Issacs. Clearly a film that appealed more to a certain type of audience. It's fair to say that the audience was highly weighted towards women of a certain age with a smattering of husbands/partners who may well have been willing attendants or under a three line whip. The great acting was accompanied by stunning scenery and beautiful music. A very pleasant two hours spent this afternoon.

There is no doubt that what drew me to this movie was the casting of Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaac. Two supreme actors who continue to enthrall me and entertain. I soon became engrossed in the story and was mesmerised by both actors, whose performances brought into stark reality the awful circumstances of their characters. Tragic, dramatic but heartwarming this is not a movie of sensations but it is gritty realism. Great production and wonderful images of the beautiful south west of England are a great backdrop to this harrowing journey that set a stunning contrast to the pain and anguish of the plight of the two. Hats off to Gillian and Jason for very fine performances and for recreating the accents and manner of speech of the midlands characters. This film impressed me and left me wanting more.

Well acted directed & filmed . Most enjoyable.. The scenery was beautiful. Could have been improved by informing where they had reached with the mileage they had walked was shown . An excellent cast well supported by the likes of Dennis Lill & Hermonie Norris Some humour too " Huh The Cake Police " . Could have been a bit clearer as to why they lost the farm .

The camera work was brilliant . Jason Isaccs & Gillian Anderson had a screen presence. Both really felt the parts surely some Oscar nominations must be on the cards for acting director screen & camera work . Never once got bored or looked at my watch.