Film Review – Jimpa

Four years ago, director Sophie Hyde received an enormous amount of attention for her feature, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.” While the film was very small in scale, it landed points on aging and sexuality, boosted by fine performances. Hyde returns with “Jimpa,” which also hopes to maintain intimacy with its characters as they absorb life’s challenges, aiming to examine family ties and personal feelings with a semi-autobiographical approach from screenwriters Hyde and Mattew Cormack. “Jimpa” intends to become a deeply felt tale of parental complication and adolescent exploration, and Hyde provides a mostly involving study of people working to communicate their feelings and assess their emotions. The picture also has Olivia Coleman and John Lithgow in starring roles, which greatly aids Hyde in her quest to deliver dimensional performances covering all kinds of human experiences. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com