Wrinkles (15)

Wrinkles (15)

Dir: Ignacio Ferreras

Voices: Martin Sheen, Matthew Modine

Runtime: 87 minutes

FIRST released three years ago in its native Spain, Ignacio Ferraras's animated drama for adults is proving to be a sleeper hit wherever it plays in the world. Now dubbed into English with the likes of Martin Sheen and Matthew Modine providing the voices, Ferreras's picture is the story of Emilio, whose son puts him in a care home.

There he meets Miguel, who makes it his mission to save Emilio from the high-dependency unit on the top floor, otherwise known as the "land of lost souls". With a story involving Alzheimer's, ageing, loneliness and guilt, Wrinkles should be as depressing as a fortnight with the flu, but a beautifully judged script and a refusal to give in to sentimentality make for a funny, smart, deeply moving picture.

Glasgow Film Theatre, April 25-28; Filmhouse, Edinburgh, April 30-May 1

Tracks (12A)

Dir: John Curran

With: Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver

Runtime: 113 minutes

ALICE Springs, the 1970s, and a young woman, Robyn Davidson, decides she wants to walk to the Indian Ocean, a journey of some 1700 miles. With her will be her faithful black Labrador, Diggedy, a team of camels and every now and then a photographer from the magazine that is helping to fund the trip. It is a great tale, one recounted in Davidson's own book, and it is replayed faithfully here with Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre, Alice in Wonderland) taking the role of the valiant and stubborn explorer. Though drama happens along the way and the landscapes are universally stunning, director John Curran (The Painted Veil) rather falls into the trap of putting one foot in front of another with the story, only occasionally varying the route with a flashback. Although we can see the effort means a lot to Davidson, it is never entirely clear why.

The Other Woman (12A)

Dir: Nick Cassavetes

With: Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann

Runtime: 109 minutes

CAMERON Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton play the mistress, wife, and second mistress respectively of himbo Mark (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) in this witless comedy. Given the "girl power" message behind the story of three woman combining to teach the cheating Mark a lesson, The Other Woman has ambitions to be vaguely feminist. But the stereotypes - the daffy wife, the dumb blonde, the sad career girl - ensure that was never going to happen. Add to that a script that pitches at screwball comedy only to miss the mark by ten miles, and what is left is an all-round clunker.