Film: A Man called Otto
Cast: Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Cameron Britton, Kailey Hyman, Mike Birbiglia, Elle Chapman
Director: Marc Forster
Rating: 3/5
Runtime: 126 min

A remake of the 2015 Oscar-nominated Swedish hit `A Man Called Ove` by Hannes Holm, based on a book of the same name with an adapted screenplay by David Magee, this film basically gives free rein to co-producer and starring actor Tom Hanks to stamp his considerable acting authority all over it.

The film tackles several contemporary issues including lonesome living, social media, transgender, unscrupulous property development, helpless aging, and other old-age issues, etc., with some degree of earnestness while delineating 60-year-old curmudgeon widower, Otto’s post-retirement(forced) life. Despite being deposed as head of his gated community, grumpy Otto continues to watch over his neighborhood with an iron fist. He checks the gates, keeps unscrupulous property developers at bay, stays aloof from his neighbors and stray animals, and is also so despondent by the loss pf his love that he is on the verge of ending his life. As the movie progresses you learn where his pain comes from.