Could have been 10/10 if not for... ...the ending
This review is solely based on the movie since i never read the book.
It was very emotional and kept me interested in the story the whole time, but the ending left me feeling a little ripped off with confusion and unanswered questions.
We are told why the father is the way he is, but we never find out what's up with the mother. The whole time you don't know if she's mentally ill, delusional, sociopathic, an abuse victim, or what. I mean no normal mother allows their children to grow up like that and her motives are never explained to us.
The ending turned out to be very silly. She decides to divorce her husband and quit her job and accept where she comes from, then they all sit around the dinner table talking about how great the father was. I'm sorry but that doesn't count as closure to me. It felt so foolish after such a serious movie.
I gave it 8 stars because 80% of the movie was fantastic, and I'm not going to discount that just because of a horrible ending.