2025 * Not Rated * 1h 53m I'm a huge Olivia Coleman fan. If she's in a film, it automatically goes in my queue. Add John Lithgow and you know you've got a winner on your hands. And that's exactly what you have with the film "Jimpa." It's an interesting film that deals with sexuality, family, and discovering who you are.
Hannah (Coleman) is a filmmaker working on a movie that chronicles her relationship with her father Jimpa (Lithgow). He left her, her mother and her siblings in Australia when she was a young girl to live his life as a gay man in Amsterdam. She goes to visit him with her husband and their non-binary son Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde). Before they leave, Frances announces that he's planning on staying with his grandpa for a year.
It's quite an entertaining movie that will keep you on your toes. About the only negative criticism is the seemingly endless discussions involving the various terms for different kinds of sexual identification. It gets tired after a while. But overall, I really enjoyed the film.
4 out oof 5 stars
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