**7/10: Sally Field delivers a career-highlight performance that transcends the film's otherwise conventional craft, turning a potentially saccharine premise into something genuinely moving about loss, solitude, and second chances.** The opening moments are a whimsy that feels pitched to a younger demographic. But give Olivia Newman's adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt's novel twenty minutes to settle into itself, …

This film will likely elicit strong reactions, with viewers either disliking or appreciating it considerably—and I landed firmly in the latter camp. The narrative begins with an unassuming premise, focusing on a woman whose job involves caring for an aquarium, and from that point, something extraordinary unfolds. Sally Field delivers truly outstanding work, and that’s not an overstatement at all. It earns my 9/10 sta…