Game Changers - Films

"A veteran civil servant and bureaucratic cog in the rebuilding of Britain post-WWII, Williams expertly pushes paperwork around a government office only to reckon with his existence when he’s diagnosed with a fatal illness."

There are some pieces of media that it's very hard to convince people to engage in, no matter how amazing you tell them they are, because the premise inherently includes some hurdle to overcome. For example, when a film is centred so fully on the story of someone finding out they have a terminal illness and how they reconcile with that, it's hard to explain to people how touching, how hauntingly beautiful, how wonderfully heart-breaking it is. It's very much a 'you're going to suffer, but you won't regret it'.

I still haven't worked out how to persuade people to watch this film. I only went to see it myself because I have learned to trust the invitations of a friend to films and plays that I have never heard of and don't necessarily sound like my thing. She invited me to see this film and I thought 'hmm, a film about a dying guy? Sounds boring... and depressing...' But I am SO glad that I trusted my friend because this film genuinely reforged me as a person.

If you like stories about character growth, about finding light in the darkest of times, about choosing to be the difference you want to see in the world, you need to watch this film. If you want to be emotionally wrecked and yet come out with a childlike wonder that we can make our own happiness (if we choose it), you need to watch this film. If you want to find out how on earth the line

"It's a bit of a bore, actually..."

could drive me to tears, even now, you need to watch this film.

Please. I am begging you. It's been over a year and this film still lives rent-free in my head.