Hannah takes her nonbinary teenager, Frances, to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather, Jim — lovingly known as Jimpa. But Frances’ desire to stay abroad with Jimpa for a year means Hannah is forced to reconsider her beliefs about parenting and finally confront old stories about the past.
Critics' Reviews
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It’s tempting to grade queer film, however well-meaning, on a curve: We’re so starved for representation that, well, anything that presents us as anything other than victims and figures of tragedy should be a cause for celebration, right? Unfortunately, that pendulum can swing both ways—lionizing can feel just as stifling as pity. That’s the overriding, frustrating dilemma undergirding Sophie Hyde‘s semi-autobiographical drama “Jimpa,” a film so singularly focused on facile depictions of queer joy that it forgets to explore its characters in any depth.
Full Cast of Jimpa
John Lithgow
Jimpa
Olivia Colman
Hannah
- Released February 06, 2026